Earth Science Test - 11/05/2019

What the best way to tell if a volcano is going to erupt?

• Smoke rises from the top of the volcano

• It gets hotter outside

• Birds won't fly over it

• It shakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Hawaii is located over a tectonic plate. Because of this, Hawaii is MOST LIKELY to experience

• Erosion

• Tornadoes

• Hurricanes

• Volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What was Pangea?

• A large ocean basin

• A super continent

• A mountain range

• A bridge to Asgard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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How can scientists study earthquakes? (Pick 2)

• Seismographs (measures the shaking of Earth's surface)

• Studying how the ocean moves

• Studying how animals survive

• Looking at the patterns of the cracks caused

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

There are three types of plate boundaries. Which is NOT a type of plate boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Thrust

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Scientists use data like this picture to trace waves moving through the earth. This predicts what?

• Earthquakes

• Flooding

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When plates move APART it is called

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Magic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plates COME TOGETHER and collide the boundary is called

• Transform

• Magic

• Convergent

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is caused when two plates collide and cause waves to move through the Earth?

• Tornadoes

• Earthquakes

• Trenches

• Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is an opening in the Earth's crust through which magma flows called?

• Volcano

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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