Earth History Investigation 1-2 I-Check

Some students are testing rock samples they collected. If you wanted to test these rocks for calcite, what would you put in the bottle and what would you expect to happen if calcite is there? 

• Put water in the bottle, if there is calcite the rock will dissolve.

• Put salt water in the bottle, if there is calcite the rock will turn a darker color.

• Put acid in the bottle, if there is calcite the rock will fizz.

• Put liquid soap in the bottle, if there is calcite, the liquid will form a dome on the rock.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Consider the following diagram of a river flowing through a landscape. A rain storm causes a large amount of water to flow through the river in a very short time.

Water can carry smaller particles farther. Therefore you are more likely to find cobble and pebbles at _______ where the water runs faster.

• Location x

• Location Y

• Location Z

Consider the following diagram of a river flowing through a landscape. A rain storm causes a large amount of water to flow through the river in a very short time.

Water can carry smaller particles farther.

Smaller rocks like sand and gravel at ______ where the water runs slower.

• Location x

• Location Y

• Location Z

Consider the following diagram of a river flowing through a landscape. A rain storm causes a large amount of water to flow through the river in a very short time.

Water can carry smaller particles farther.

Finer clay particles could be found at __________

• Location x

• Location Y

• Location Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The diagram shows two rock columns.

A mining company is sending a team to Paradise Canyon to drill down below Kimi Sandstone. What kind of rock do you think they will find directly under the Kimi Sandstone?  

• Sunshine

  Shale

• New York Limestone

• Purple Sandstone

• American Shale

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Surprise Canyon is located between these two canyons, 20 kilometers away from Vacation Canyon and 15 kilometers away from Paradise Canyon. What kind of rock do you think you might find at the top of Surprise Canyon?

• Sunshine

  Shale

• New York Limestone

• Purple Sandstone

• American Shale

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which explanation best describes how a boulder can turn into silt as it moves down a river?

• Water washes over the boulder until it is silt sized

• The boulder hits other objects or rocks and breaks apart.

• The boulder moves down the river until it lands in a basin and becomes silt.

• A chemical reaction turns the boulder into silt.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

You find some soil that is mostly made of clay and silt, but no sand. How might this soil have formed?

• Slow moving water carried the sand downstream and left behind the silt and clay

• Wind blew all the sand away, leaving behind the silt and clay particles.

• Silt, clay and organic material settled out of slow moving water.

• A fast moving stream washed away all the sand.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

You dig up two soil samples and forget to record where they came from. If you return to the soil samples a week later, what are the characteristics of the soils you would use to match them to the locations where they were collected?

Select Yes if the characteristic would help identify the soil sample's location; select No if the characteristic would not be helpful.

Characteristic -Volume of the sample

• Yes

• No

You dig up two soil samples and forget to record where they came from. If you return to the soil samples a week later, what are the characteristics of the soils you would use to match them to the locations where they were collected?

Select Yes if the characteristic would help identify the soil sample's location; select No if the characteristic would not be helpful.

Characteristic -Kind of sediments

• Yes

• No