Investigating God's World Ch. 3-4 TEST 2

The organic material in soil is called _?_

• humus

• metal

• sand

• strata

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• bonebed

• fossil

• moraine

• glacier

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

• fossil

• glacier

• mineral

• strata

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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 _?_

• bonebed

• fossil record

• geologic column

• transitional form

A high ridge that separates two river systems is a _?_

• continental divide

• drainage basin

• drainage divide

• tributary

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

• aquifer

• estuary

• shore

• tide

Underwater plains that border the continents are called the continental _?_

• crust

• rise

• shelf

• slope

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

• rift

• sandbar

• shore

• wave

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Geology is the study of:

• rocks and Earth's structure

• plants and animals

• the atmosphere and weather

• oceans and marine life

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The hydrosphere is:

• the layer of water on the Earth's surface

• the layer of gases surrounding the Earth

• the solid outer section of the Earth

• the region where living organisms exist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4