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This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  

• Fossil B is older than fossil C

• Fossils A is older than fossil B

• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• John Dalton

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True or False: The continental plates move so quickly that we can feel them.

• True

• False

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• the Earth's magnetic field.

• subduction.

• convection currents.

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Which oceanic plate in the above picture must be more dense? LEFT RIGHT

• The plate on the left (the plate with the volcano on it)

• The plate on the right (without the volcano)

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What kind of landform is created when a continent starts to get torn apart?

• Volcanic Island

• Deep Sea Trench

• Mid-ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

• Mountains

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Study this diagram carefully, noticing the direction of the arrows.The green bars are tectonic plates.What will happen at the place where the star is drawn on this diagram?

• The plates will slide past each other (causing a major earthquake)

• The plates will hit each other (one will subduct)

• The plates will diverge (spread apart)

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform