Week 2 Day 3 Earth Science SSA Review

Multiple Choice

Michael and Jose are studying about plate tectonics. They learned that plates usually move a few centimeters every year.  They learned that the movement of heated material caused the plates to move.  In which layer does the heated material move?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Multiple Choice

In some places on Earth, large tectonic plates are moving toward each other and collide with great force. One such place is where the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate meet. 

What would you expect to occur where these two tectonic plates collide?

• Only volcanoes

• Only earthquakes

• A rift valley and volcanoes

• Mountains and earthquakes

Multiple Choice

What two spheres are interacting in the following example: A Drought

• Biosphere and cryosphere

• Hydrosphere and geosphere

• Biosphere and geosphere

• Hydrosphere and cryosphere

Multiple Choice

What two spheres are interacting in the following example: Wind erosion?

• Atmosphere and geosphere

• Atmosphere and cryosphere

• Geosphere and hydrosphere

• Geosphere and cryosphere

Multiple Choice

What two spheres are interacting in the following example: Amazon Deforestation?

• Hydrosphere and biosphere

• Biosphere and cryosphere

• Biosphere and biosphere

• Geosphere and cryosphere