ES - Year End (Set 2)

Which of these IS NOT considered a sedimentary structure?

• geodes

• mud cracks

• graded bedding

• cross-bedding

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The property of glowing under UV light is name for what mineral, which happens to have this property?

• fluorite

• quartz

• chlorite

• amber

Which of these continents would you find in the south-western hemisphere?

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

• Austrailia

What type of rock makes up most of the Hawaiian Islands?

• basalt

• granite

• sandstone

• andesite

Calcite is the most stable form of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃). Which of these is not also CaCO₃?

• quartzite

• marble

• chalk

• limestone

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What event occurred at the end of the Permian period?

• 90% extinction of all life

• 75% extinction of animal life

• 50% extinction of marine life

• 50% extinction of vegitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The moraines at end of a glacier that pile up as the glacier melts uphill are also known as -

• recessional moraines

• lateral moraines

• medial moraines

• horns

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dark lines of sediment in the MIDDLE of the glacier are called?

• medial moraines

• lateral moraines

• end moraines

• terminal moraines

Island arcs like Japan are formed from what type of boundary?

• ocean to ocean convergence

• ocean to continent convergence

• divergence

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which word would describe a "felsic" rock?

• silica rich

• iron-magnesium rich

• dark in color

• foliated