Science SSA Review

Tectonic plates colliding.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates moving away from each other.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• ridge

Tectonic plates sliding past each other.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• ridge

This layer of Earth's rotation generates our magnetic field.

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

The only liquid layer of Earth.

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

Dating rock formations using radioactive isotopes in fossils or other remains.

• absolute dating

• relative dating

• law of superposition

• radioactive decay

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Dating a rock formation by comparing it to the layers around it.

• absolute dating

• relative dating

• carbon dating

• radioactive dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The principle that relative dating is based on.

• law of superposition

• radioactive decay

• absolute dating

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Remains of organisms that lived for a short period of time and were wide spread.

• mold fossils

• cast fossils

• index fossils

• amber fossils

The table shows the number of neutrons, protons, and electrons for two atoms. How are the two atoms alike?

• They have the same charge.

• They have the same mass number.

• They have the same atomic number

• They are atoms of the same element.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1