Review for Geo Sequencing

Which event is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the sedimentary rock for layer C

• Limestone

• Shale

• Intrusion

• Sandstone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What clast size is layer C?

• silt

• Shale

• clay

• Sand

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The law of superposition states

• oldest rock on top

• oldest rock on bottom

• rock that cuts is younger than what it cuts through

• rocks were formed in horizontal layers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The law of original horizontality states

• oldest rock on top

• oldest rock on bottom

• rock that cuts is younger than what it cuts through

• rocks were formed in horizontal layers

A piece of an older rock that becomes part of a new rock

• intrusion

• superposition

• correlation

• unconformity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past.

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• superposition

• correlation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Surface where rock has eroded away, producing a break in the rock record

• correlation

• inclusion

• superposition

• unconformity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the principal mineral to all types of magma?

• Iron
• Magnesium
• Silica
• Water

Most volcanoes occur at which 2 types of plate boundaries? 

• convergent w/ subduction and divergent
• divergent and transform
• divergent and hot spots
• convergent w/ subduction and hot spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3