Earth's Materials & Systems

Definition: the layer of the earth between the crust and the core.

• mantle

• core

• crust

• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Definition: Processes (volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, erosion, etc.) that have shaped Earth in the past are essentially the same as those happening today.

• deposition

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

• chemistry

• biology

• anthropology

• engineering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Definition: a mineral that does not contain compounds of silicon and oxygen.

• magnetite

• nonsilicate

• carbonate

• organic

Earth has been shaped by sudden, often unpredicted, events that are short-lived but impactful. Which term best fits the definition provided?

• continental drift

• catastrophism

• uniformitarianism

• plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter is defined as what?

• rock

• erosion

• mineral

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• crust

• mantle

A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another.

• igneous rock

• rock cycle

• plate tectonics

• metamorphic rock

Definition: the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment.

• sedimentation

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

Definition: Not formed from living things or the remains of living things.

• solid

• inorganic

• mineral

• metamorphism