Earth Science Review

The continuous movement of the continents.

• geoscience
• rain
• wind
• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What force is responsible for erosion and deposition in landslides?

• gravity
• ice
• wind
• temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sand Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary-

• Transform Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Hot Spot

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What process causes new oceanic crust?

• Continental drift
• Sea floor spreading
• Earthquakes
• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which boundary is most likely to build mountains?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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Which is most likely to subduct (sink) at a convergent boundary?

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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Which of the following changes to Earth’s surface is most likely to represent the smallest scale of space and time?

• landslide on a mountain

• uplift of mountain ranges

• breakdown of rock into sediments

• formation of a canyon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where does the original energy come from in the making of fossil fuels?

• plants

• animals

• sun

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called

• Convection currents
• Compound currents
• heat currents
•  subcurrents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The rocks on the ocean floor show evidence that the magnetism alternates North and South as you move along the sea-floor. This evidence of sea-floor spreading is reflected in the rocks on the ocean floor. The name for this evidence is called?

• Crustal subtraction

• Magnetic Reversals

• plate motion

• magnetic soldification

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