7th Ch. 5 Earth's Structure Pre/Post Quizizz

Which landform would most likely include low rolling hills, swamps, and marshes? (Landforms with swamps and marshes are generally low in elevation.)

• a valley

• a mountain

• a highland

• a plain

Which of the following formed first in our solar system? (This was a large cloud of gas, ice, and dust.)

• a nebula

• moons

• the planets

• the Sun

Which layer of Earth is plastic-like? (This layer is solid but flows like a liquid when under pressure.)

• outer core

• asthenosphere

• crust

• inner core

Mountains are formed on the __________. (You live on this layer.)

• crust

• upper mantle

• inner core

• outer core

What is the lithosphere? (This layer is about 100 km thick and is less dense than the material that is underneath.)

• the plates that make up the crust and the upper part of the mantle

• large, flat stones sitting on top of malleable magma

• the plates that make up the crust

• the upper part of the mantle the upper part of the mantle

The edges of a __________ are higher than the surrounding areas due to the nearly horizontal uplifting of rocks. (Which choice is higher in elevation, yet flat on top?)

• plateau

• plain

• mountain

• lowland

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What happened to the dust and gas that did not contribute to forming the Sun? (Matter that was not pulled into the dense cloud that formed the Sun formed these as well as asteroids.)

• It was lost forever.

• It created the planets.

• It created other stars.

• It was all burned up by the Sun. It was all burned up by the Sun.

As two objects move farther apart, what happens to the force of gravity between them? (Gravity increases as the distance between two objects decreases.)

• it decreases

• it increases

• it stays the same

• it increases then decreases it increases then decreases

What two systems are interacting when a river floods and erodes soil? (This is an interaction between water and the solid parts of Earth.)

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and geosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere atmosphere and geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If a hard-boiled egg was being used as a model of Earth, which part of the egg would represent the core? (Earth's core is located in its center.)

• the membrane

• the shell

• the white

• the yolk