Earth's Structures and Processes Test 1 Review

Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms
• evidence from fossils
• evidence from human remains
• evidence from climate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea
• Plate Tectonics
• Natural Selection
• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
• New crust is underwater where it sinks
• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Select all of the answer choices that are correct:

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Tectonic plates on the crust move.

• Earthquakes

• Hurricanes

• Tsunamis

What forms at a plate boundary where the seafloor SPREADS apart?

• mid-ocean ridges

• strike-slip faults

• continental shelves

• earthquakes