Why is the inner core solid?

it is colder than the outer core

The process that forms deep-ocean trenches is called...

adding material to the ocean floor

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Convection currents in the mantle

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

take millions of years to replace

What is coal made of?

decomposed animal and plant remains

All of the following are reasons some buildings are damaged more than others during an earthquake EXCEPT....

The people living inside of the building.

The strength of the building materials.

How close the building was to the earthquake's epicenter.

What type of soil the building sat on.

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

it did not agree with their current theory

Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago

Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

South America and Africa were once connected together.

Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

How does evidence of glaciation in Africa support the Theory of Continental Drift?

It shows that the continents must have been in a different location.

I shows that it was colder at the equator in the past.

It shows that it was warmer at the equator in the past.

Earth's Structures_Unit Test Review

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6th - 10th Grade

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MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-1

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56 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the best explanation for why oceanic crust is subducted by continental crust?

The oceanic crust is cooler than continental crust.

Continental crust is denser than oceanic crust.

Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust.

The oceanic crust is hotter than continental crust.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?

volcanoes

mountains

trenches

earthquakes and fault line

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?

Divergent Boundary

Hot Spot

Subduction Boundary

Transform Boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?

Lava

Mafic Magma

Felsic Magma

None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

Circle of Fire

Ring of Lava

Ring of Fire

Circle of Magma

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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Earth's Structures_Unit Test Review

56 questions

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What is the best explanation for why oceanic crust is subducted by continental crust?

Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?

The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?

What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

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