Section 4B/4C

1. __ is the study of earth.

• geology

• biology

• physics

• earthology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

​ (a)   is the belief that earth-forming processes are ​ (b)   and have always been at the ​ (c)   .

• uniformitarianism
• natural
• same rates
• catastrophism

__ suggests that only a few enormous disasters could have caused things.

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• 
• evolution

• creation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

​ (a)   is the ​ (b)   of the study of the ​ (c)   (types of soil for example and farming)

• operational geology
• application
• earth
• moon
• oceans

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Historical geology often presupposes (assumes) that everything formed through very slow processes.

• true

• false

• pineapple

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

1. The outer layer of the earth is called the __ (relatively low density).

• crust

• mantle

• Moho zone

• core

The layer directly below the crust in which the seismic wave slows down is called the __.

The mantle takes up ___ % of the earth’s volume

• 50

• 84

• 100

• 33

• 

1. The area from the crust to the upper mantle is called the __. 

• lithoshpere

• lower crust

• fire crust

• 

Geologists assume that the ​ (a)   of the earth is extremely ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   (and probably solid).

• core
• dense
• hot
• liquid
• cold