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How are the layers of the Earth's interior arranged?

• by density

• by volume

• by mass

• by personality

What caused the interior of Earth to separate into layers?

• a decrease in the rate of rotation of Earth

• the gravitational pull on materials of varying densities

• variations in heating by the Sun due to Earth's tilt

• collisions with meteors and comets

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the approximate percent of oxygen by volume present in Earth's lower atmosphere?

• 21%

• 33%

• 46%

• 94%

Earth's thin outer layer

• Erosion

• Magma

• Crust

• Core

Layer of Earth between the crust and the core

• Granite

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Upper crust

Gradient means..

• The slope/steepness

• The width

• Contour line

What is the gradient from B to C?

• 20 m/km

• 50 m/km

• 40 m/km

What is the gradient from C to D?

• 500 ft/mi

• 250 ft/mi

• 1000 ft/mi

• 1500 ft/mi

According the the ESRT for Geologic History of New York State, during what geologic era was this index fossil alive?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Late Proterozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which organisms were alive when New York State was last covered by a continental ice sheet?

• Eurypterus and Cooksonia

• Aneurophyton and Naples Tree

• mastodont and Beluga whale

• Coelophysis and Elliptocephala

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1