5th Grade Science Test 2 (Investigating God's World Ch. 3-4)

The organic material in soil is called?

• humus
• sand
• clay
• topsoil

A thick ice sheet that slowly moves under its own weight is a ?

• frozen lake
• snowfield
• iceberg
• glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The remains or impressions of living things, usually preserved in sedimentary rock is a ?

• fossil
• sedimentary layer
• mineral deposit
• rock formation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A term evolutionists use to describe a "missing link" between two kinds of animals to show how one kind of animal could have turned into another kind of animal is a ?

• fossil record
• transitional form

• evolutionary chart
• genetic marker

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A high ridge that separates two river systems is a ?

• delta
• valley
• drainage divide

• watershed

A body of water where the river meets the ocean is a(n)?

• estuary
• bay
• fjord
• delta

Underwater plains that border the continents are called the continental ?

• plateau
• trench
• ridge
• shelf

An underwater valley where the oceanic crust seems to be separating is a ?

• ocean trench
• continental shelf
• rift

• mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is geology?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the hydrosphere?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4