Q3 Review - 6th Grade Science

What are the three main types of rocks?

• Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igenous

• Sediment, Igneous, Metamorphic

• Extrusive, Intrusive, Metamorphic

• Fossils, Sediment, Basalt

Thomas is at the Orlando Science Center and comes across an exhibit with a T-Rex fossil. In which type of rock would you most likely find a fossil?

• Igenous

• Sedimentary

• Metamophic

• Lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What types of rock form deep in the Earth?

• ALL metamorphic rock & Intrusive Igneous rock

• Extrusive Igneous rock

• Some metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What drives plate movement and where is it located?

• Convection currents; in the mantle (asthenosphere)

• Crust; earthquakes

• Convection currents; outer core

• Convection currents; inner core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary is this?:

• Convergent

• Transform

• Slip

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary is this, and what tectonic event is occuring?:

• Divergent; mountains

• Convergent; subduction

• Convergent; mountains

• Transform; earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is sea floor spreading?

• Two continental plates pull apart.

• Two oceanic plates pull apart.

• Two continental plates converge.

• Two oceanic plates converge.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Issac is visiting California when he suddenly feels the ground shaking below him - an earthquake! What do we use to measure earthquakes?

• Thermometer

• Seismographs (measure s and p waves)

• Barometer

• SONAR

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Constructive

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from the inside-out?

• Outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

• Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust