Principles of Geology

Principles of Geology

9th - 12th Grade

21 Qs

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Principles of Geology

Principles of Geology

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Barbara Sutherland

Used 76+ times

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What does Hutton's theory of uniformitarianism state?

Geologic processes maintain an unchanged, or uniform, lithosphere.

The Earth's appearance is static.

The processes observed on Earth today are the same processes that have occurred over eons of time.

The Earth is dynamic.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

View the diagram. Select the 4 forces from the illustration that change the Earth's surface.

tectonics

weathering

erosion

release of magma

deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When did the Earth form?

Select all correct choices.

4600 mya

460 mya

460 bya

4.6 bya

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What must you understand in order to determine the relative age of rock strata?

How deposition occurs and how the Earth's forces can alter the arrangement of rock strata

The rate of decay of the radioactive rock material found in the rock layers

The conditions of the Earth's atmosphere at the time the sedimentary rock layers formed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is NOT a principle of geology?

principle of superposition

principle of originality

principle of horizontality

principle of inclusions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Using relative age dating, which layer is younger?

top

bottom

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which principle of geology states the sedimentary layer on the bottom of the outcrop is older than the layers above it?

The principle of _____.

superposition

horizontality

cross-cutting relationship

inclusions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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