Earth Science Benchmark 6th Grade

Tectonic plates only move by sliding past each other.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates move quickly, so mountains take only a few years to form.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A meteorologist is trying to determine if a storm is approaching. What instrument would they use to determine the change in air pressure?

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Weather vane

One day on Earth is equivalent to

• One revolution

• one rotation

• one elliptical

The layers of Earth that include the crust and upper mantle is known as the

• Atmosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

The one day of the year with the longest amount of sunlight.

• Vernal Equinox

• Summer Solstice

• Summer Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Convergent Boundary

• creates earthquakes

• forms mountains/ volcanoes

• forms rift valleys

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Divergent Boundary

• creates earthquakes

• forms mountains/ volcanoes

• forms rift valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Transform Boundary

• creates earthquakes

• forms mountains/ volcanoes

• forms rift valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is Pangaea?

• All the continents separated on the Earth

• All the oceans separated on the Earth

• All the continents on the Earth come together to form one super continent.