Vocab Review #2: Earth's History (2025)

The definition: forms when a mold fossil is filled with minerals or sediment, creating a copy of the original organism best fits with which of the following terms?

• sediment

• compaction

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

A​ (a)   preserved evidence of the activity organisms, such as footprints, burrows, or feces

• trace fossil
• cast fossil
• sedimentary fossil
• metamorphic fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is a type of rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock

• geological

• Igneous rock

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

What is a type of rock that has changed form due to heat, pressure, or chemical processes

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• magmatic rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following is a type of rock formed from the compaction and cementation of sediments?

• igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrinsic rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is molten rock located beneath Earth's surface?

• coal

• igneous

• magma

• magenta

A major division of geological time that is subdivided into periods is a(n) (a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are particles of rock, minerals, or organic material deposited by water, wind or ice?

• erosion

• compaction

• cementation

• sediment

​ (a)   is different than ​ (b)   in that it is the process by which sediment is pressed together under pressure, reducing pore space and not minerals that are dissolved together.

• Compaction
• cementation
• erosion
• extrusion

What is the process by which dissolved minerals precipitate and bind sediment grains together into solid rock?

• cementation

• compaction

• combustion

• erosion