Earth and Environment science semester test review, part 2 of 2

The loose layer of plant leaves and stems on the surface of the soil

• pack

• meander

• waste

• litter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation

• index contour

• index fossil

• s wave

• contour line

a liquid's resistance to flowing

• convection

• surface tension

• magnitude

• viscosity

term used to describe metamorphic rocks whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands

• foliated

• granite

• cementation

• erosion

form directly from cooling of magma or lava

• seismic waves

• sedimentary rocks

• clastic rock

• igneous rocks

the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

• pangaea

• fossil

• lithosphere

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a slow downhill movement of weathered rock material

• slump

• ride

• creep

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continuental and oceanic crust

• mineral

• said

• plate

• where

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

• run off

• mantle

• silica

• topsoil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

height above sea level

• precipice

• erosion

• elevation

• latitude