Benchmark Q3 Review

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate movement?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Erosion

What evidence supports the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

• The distribution of deserts across the Earth

• The patterns of wind erosion on rocks

• The alignment of the moon and the sun

• Rocks and fossils indicating great distances of movement

What can deposition create?

• U-shaped valleys

• Huge cracks in the earth

• Folded mountains

• Small islands

within the layers of sedimentary rock, the youngest layer is at the top. Each layer below is older.

• Rock Strata

• Law of Superposition

• Fossil record

• Eras

What is deposition in geologic processes?

• The movement of tectonic plates

• The breaking down of rock to form sediment

• The transportation of sediment

• The process where sediment is put down, left behind, or stopped moving in a new location

What is weathering in the context of geologic processes?

• The transportation or movement of sediment by wind, water, gravity, animal movements, and ice

• The process within the Earth systems that changes the surface of the Earth

• The breaking down of rock to form sediment

• The movement of tectonic plates

The oldest fossils are found in the _____ layer of the fossil record.

• top

• middle

• bottom

The measurement to describe the timing and relationship of the events that have occurred throughout Earth's History is called

• Geological time scale

• Rock Strata

• Fossil record

• Stratigraphy

The study of rock layers

• Rock Strata

• Geological time scale

• Stratigraphy

• Eras

The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found

• Fossil

• Rock Strata

• Fossil Record

• Stratigraphy