ES Benchmark review

How are caves and sinkholes formed?

• Limestone is slowly dissolved by weak carbonic acid in groundwater.

• Hydrochloric acid from animals dissolves limestone rock.

• Limestone is dissolved by sulfuric acid in the rain.

• Hydrochloric acid from mine runoff dissolves the rock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the one factor you are testing or changing on purpose during a scientific experiment?

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant

• control

Choose all answer choices that represent a measurement of latitude.

• 5°N

• 20°S

• 90°S

• 180°N

• 45°W

Where do extrusive igneous rocks form?

• formed on the surface of the Earth
• they no longer form on Earth

• formed inside the Earth

What type of texture do extrusive rocks have?

• small or no grains
• coarse

• large grains

What is an example of an extrusive igneous rock?

• obsidian
• diorite
• sandstone
• granite

What is an example of an intrusive igneous rock?

• granite
• basalt
• sandstone
• obsidian

What is the cooling rate for extrusive rocks?

• cooled fast
• formed inside the Earth
• cooled slowly

What is the cooling rate for intrusive rocks?

• cooled slowly
• they stay molten forever

• cooled quickly

What type of rock is shown in the picture above?

• extrusive igneous

• clastic sedimentary

• foliated metamorphic

• unfoliated metamorphic