2.1.1

How do rocks return to Earth's surface?

• weathering

• uplift

• pressure

• deposition

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

• mantle

• crust

• core

Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

Wegener noticed that the Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains line up and are made of the same rock types. This was a type of ....

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and basin

• lower and upper

• thick and thin

Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• transformer

This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

• trench

• mid-ocean ridge

• folded mountains

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Organic

• Metamorphic

Which type of rock results from deposition, compaction, and cementation od sediments?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive

Which type of rock results from cooling of magma or lava?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive