4th Six Weeks Test Review - Earth Systems

The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.

• 23.5
• 25.3
• 30.2
• 24

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Why is the Equator warmest?

• Because it is closest to the sun.
• Because it receives the most direct sunlight
• Because no clouds form here.
• Because it is far from the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein
• Alfred Wegener
• Isaac Newton
• John Dalton

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

All of the following are evidence of continental drift EXCEPT:

• similar rock layers on separate continents
• similar fossils on separate continents
• artifacts left by early humans
• tree fossils found in places trees do not grow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The lithosphere is broken in separate sections called ________________

• plates
• faults
• rift valley
• plate boundary

PLATE TECTONICS is the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere.

• TRUE

• FALSE