2024 Geology Final Study Guide

What boundary is it when 2 plates come together?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Subduction Zone

• Transfofrm

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What boundary is it when 2 plates move away from each other?

• divergent

• transform

• convergnet

• subduction zone

What plate boundary is this?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What's it called when one plate (usually oceanic) moves under the other one due to gravity and differences in density.

• subduction zones

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Catastrophism is...?

• the idea that Earth has always changed in uniform ways and that the present is the key to the past

• the idea that sudden, short-lived, and violent events lead to the extinction of many organisms.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Uniformitarianism is...?

• the idea that Earth has always changed in uniform ways and that the present is the key to the past

• the idea that sudden, short-lived, and violent events lead to the extinction of many organisms.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What are the 2 areas of geology

• physical and mental

• physical and historical

• governmental and historical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

This rock form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

This rock is formed from deposits of pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms that accumulate on the Earth's surface.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary