Earth Science Review

A rock contains uranium-238, which has a half-life of 4.5 × 10⁹ years. If the rock is crushed and heated, the half-life of the uranium-238 it contains will

• decrease

• increase

• remain the same

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

One reason Tetragraptus is considered a good index fossil is that Tetragraptus

• existed during a large part of the Paleozoic Era

• has no living relative found on Earth today

• existed over a wide geographic area

• has been found in NYS

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The Indian-Australian tectonic plate is moving

• away from the Philippine Plate

• away from the Fiji Plate

• toward the Pacific Plate

• toward the Antarctic Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to plate tectonic theory, during which geologic time interval did the continents of North America and Africa separate, resulting in the initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean?

• Mesozoic Era

• Paleozoic Era

• Proterozoic Eon

• Archean Eon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The distance from Albany, New York, to the epicenter of this earthquake is 5600 km. Approximately how much longer did it take for the S-wave to arrive at Albany than the P-wave?

• 4m 20s

• 7m 10s

• 9m 0s

• 16m 10s

During which geologic epoch does the New York State rock record consist of weakly consolidated to unconsolidated sediments?

• Early Permian

• Early Jurassic

• Late Cretaceous

• Pilocene

This is the type of boundary that occurs when tectonic plates move apart.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• none of the above

This type of boundary occurs when tectonic plate move together.

• covergent

• divergent

• transform

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Subduction zones can be found at a _________________________.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of volcanoes could we find at a convergent boundary?

• subduction volcanoes

• rift volcanoes

• hot spot volcanoes