Major Geologic Events

Volcanoes and earthquakes happen along...

• islands in the Pacific Ocean

• North American mountain ranges

• the boundaries of Earth's plates

• the coast of Antarctica

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Select all that are TRUE about Transform Boundary.

• Plates move in opposite direction

• Plates move in same direction

• Forms Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?

• Mercalli Scale

• Richter Scale

• Seismogram Scale

• Bernoulli Scale

A Tsunami is a ....... of waves

• One big wave

• Series of waves

• Three waves

• Two waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

These leave behind evidence in rocks that geologists can use to determine relative age. Some examples include mountain ranges uplifting and eroding, oceans flooding the land and then retreating.

• major geologic events

• key beds

• index fossils

• unconformities

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Approximately, 90 percent of the most important events in Earth’s history happened in ___________ era.

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How do we separate the geologic time scale into eras?

• Every 100 million years

• Every 10 billion years

• Based on major changes to life on Earth

• Based on the appearance of new reptiles

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A gap in the sequence of sedimentary rock layers caused by erosion.

• Inclusion

• Unconformity

• Cross-cutting

• Isotope

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

These  cause missing layers in rock they are caused by movement of the earth. They form by erosion.

• unconformities

• mold fossil

• tracks

• underwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which type of plate boundary is most commonly associated with the formation of mountain ranges?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3