EOY Test Practice

The relative age of a rock is

• its age compared with the ages of other rocks

• less than the age of the fossils the rock contains

• the number of years since the rock was formed

• its age based on how much carbon-14 the rock contains

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are two useful metamorphic rocks?

• sandstone and quartzite

• marble and slate

• limestone and breccia

• granite and shale

Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into

• chemical rock

• gemstones

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rock

Metamorphic rocks that are nonfoliated

• split into layers.

• do not split into layers.

• have mineral grains lined up in parallel layers.

• usually have a rougher texture.

The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it is

• compaction

• cementation

• deposition

• erosion

A fold in a rock that bends upward into an arch is called a(n)

• anticline

• syncline

• plateau

• canyon

In a hydroelectric plant the mechanical energy in moving water is transformed into

• nuclear energy

• electrical energy

• electromagnetic energy

• chemical energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

In a system, when energy is transformed from one form to another

• some energy is always destroyed

• new energy is created

• the total energy is conserved

• all energy changes to friction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

During DNA replication, adenine (A) always pairs with

• guanine (G)

• cytosine (C)

• thymine (T)

• adenine (A)

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

• along the edges of all the continents

• along mid-ocean ridges

• in deep-ocean trenches

• at the north and south poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3