Earth & The Atmosphere

The mesosphere helps protect the crust from...

• The impact of meteors.

• Dangerous cosmic rays.

• Dangerous solar flares.

• Harmful weather.

The composition of the atmosphere is mostly...

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Helium

Which of these statements is NOT TRUE of the magnetosphere?

• It is created by the spinning of the earth's core.

• It creates the Auroras when interacting with radiation.

• It deflects very few rays, trapping most of them.

• It is about 10 x the size of earth's radius.

The main factor that raises the rate of global warming is...

• Ozone and Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide and Dihydrogen Oxide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is a fault?

• A place where tectonic plates slide passed each other.

• A place where tectonic plates pass under each other.

• A place where thicker crust and thinner crust overlap.

• It's the same as a ridge.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the weather in an environment over a short period of time called?

• Climate

• Environment

• Weather

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the place, on the surface, where an earthquake originates called?

• Ellipse

• Epicenter

• Epiphany

• Seismic

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The movement of tectonic plates can be explained by...

• Convection currents deep underground.

• Swirling of the earth's core.

• Solid ball at the center of the earth.

• Broken nature of the plates themselves.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What layer of the earth is made up of liquid metal mixed with magma?

• Upper Mantle

• Lower Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is seasonal climate?

• The weather changes created by human activity.

• The weather changes that occur yearly without human interaction.

• Both of these

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6