Earth History Review

What are processes that build land like volcanoes and mountain folding called?

• Destructive Forces

• Constructive Forces

• Erosion

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does relative dating explain?

• The exact age of rocks

• The sequence of events

• The process of erosion

• The formation of volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to the law of superposition, how are layers of sedimentary rocks arranged?

• Younger layers are above older layers

• Older layers are above younger layers

• Layers are randomly arranged

• Layers are vertical

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What does the principle of original horizontality state?

• Layers of sediment are vertical

• Layers of sediment are horizontal

• Layers of sediment are circular

• Layers of sediment are diagonal

What does the principle of cross-cutting relationships indicate?

• Older layers are above younger layers

• Younger layers are above older layers

• Faults or intrusions are younger than the layers they cut

• Faults or intrusions are older than the layers they cut

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is an intrusion in geological terms?

• A break in the Earth's crust

• A body of intrusive igneous rock

• A process of erosion

• A type of sedimentary rock

What is a fault?

• A type of sedimentary rock

• A break in the Earth's crust caused by an earthquake

• A process of deposition

• A body of intrusive igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is an inclusion in geological terms?

• A break in the Earth's crust

• Pieces of one rock unit inside another

• A type of sedimentary rock

• A process of erosion

What is the principle of fossil succession?

• Fossils are randomly distributed

• The oldest fossils are on the bottom and younger on the top

• Fossils are only found in igneous rocks

• Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What fossil is the youngest in the diagram?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1