TWIG DT L3: Fossils and Mysterious Mts.

True or False: Scientists have found mountain ranges with the same rock formations located thousands of kilometers apart.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where do the Appalachian mountains start?

• Canada

• New York

• Wyoming

• Alabama

What are two types of rocks you can find in the Appalachian Mountains? a. ______________ b. ______________

• Limestone and Granite

• Limestone and Quartz

• Granite and Grampion

• Landmass and Pangaea

Mountains with similar patterns to the Appalachian and their location is:

• Grampian Mountains in the UK (Scotland)

• Rocky Mountains in North America (Colorado)

• Ural Mountains in Russia

• Andes in South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

________________ determines the approximate age (younger or older) of rock layers by comparing the location above and below it.

• Cynognathus

• Glossopteris

• Shorlines

• Relative Dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_______ fossils are preserved organisms in rock common to a particular time or environment and are used to identify geologic periods.

• Strata

• Pattern

• Paleontologist

• Index

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Where have fossils of Cynognathus been found?

• South American and the southern part of Africa

• South Grampion and the southern part of Appalachian Mountains

• Australia

• Cynognathias

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What similar patterns have been found in the rocks of mountains that are currently thousands of miles apart?

• similar rock types and direction the mountians formed

• Coastlines of rock

• Permineralization and Amber

• Landslides caused by earthquakes and buriel of organisms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This fossil is found on every continent:

• Dicynodont

• Lystrosaurus

• Stegosaurus

• Glossopteris

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This ancient shrub or tree becomes this fossil:

• Lystrosaurus

• Cynognathus

• Glossopteris

• Stegosaurus

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2