Geological Processes

Temperature and density both __________ as you travel towards the center of the Earth.

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• increases, then cools at the center

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Alfred Wegener’s idea of continental drift was not complete because he didn’t know...

• that the continents moved.

• that the continents looked like puzzle pieces.

• how the continents moved.

• about Pangaea.

Which type of plate boundary is pictured?

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What process is happening at Z?

• Pangaea

• magnetic reversal

• sea-floor spreading

• subduction

Why does oceanic crust subduct under continental crust when the two converge?

• Oceanic crust subducts under continental crusts because they have the same density.

• Oceanic crust subducts under continental crusts because oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.

• Oceanic crust subducts under continental crusts because oceanic crust is less dense than continental crust.

• Oceanic crust does not subduct under continental crust.

Which type of plate boundary is pictured above?

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• tectonic plates

What ocean floor feature occurs at X?

• a. an island

• a. a trench

• a. the mid-ocean ridge

• a. an underwater cave

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

. Which type of plate boundary is pictured above?

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

According to the theory of plate tectonics, on which layer of Earth do plates float?

• asthenosphere / mantle

• lithosphere / crust

• crust

• core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

. Clay is considered an ___________ because __________________.

• aquifer; water passes through it

• aquifer; water does not pass through it

• aquitard; water passes through it

• aquitard; water does not pass through it