7.10 A

The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle

• plate tectonics

• tectonic plate

• continental drift

• crust

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.

• crust

• mantle

• fossils

• index fossils

Preserved remains of once-living organisms

• crust

• mantle

• fossils

• index fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

distinctive fossil used to compare the relative ages of fossils

• crust

• mantle

• fossils

• index fossils

The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

• Seafloor Spreading

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Magma

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface

• seafloor spreading

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• magma

The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Ocean Basin

• Subduction

• Trench

extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate; oldest rock destroyed

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Ocean Basin

• Subduction

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Organisms that are classified as autotrophic are able to-

• be seen with the human eye

• move

• reproduce

• make their own food

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta

• Order Amblygygi

• Order Araneae

• Order Scorpiones

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2