Earth Unit Review

The San Andreas Fault in California is where two tectonic plates slide against each other creating as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

• Sea Floor Spreading

When two continental crusts push together at a convergent boundary, what do they create?

• earthquakes

• valleys

• volcanoes

• mountains

What occurs at a convergent boundary where an oceanic crust and continental crust come together? Choose 2

• sea-floor spreading

• volcanoes

• no subduction

• trench

• rift valley

Consider the image of sea floor spreading. Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L

• M

• N

• O

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

• two continental plates converging

• an earthquake in a subduction zone

• a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

• movement at a transform fault boundary

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This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

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Analyze the seashell found in the white layer.  Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?

• It could also contain a fossil from the bottom layer.
• It is older than the layers below it.
• It is younger than the layers above it.
• It is older than the layers above it.

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