APES Unit 4: Earth's systems & Resources

The surface of the earth, otherwise known as the ______, is broken into seven major pieces and sits atop a liquid layer called the _______

• lithosphere, asthenosphere

• astenosphere, mantle

• crust, litosphere

• asthenosphere, lithosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone
• Transform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The layer of soil which the topsoil is found.

• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C
• Horizon D or R

Which horizon is made up of partially weathered rocks?

• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C
• Horizon D or R

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In which horizon is most of the HUMUS?

• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C
• Horizon D or R

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

As you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?

• The would all increase

• The would all decrease.

• They would stay the same.

• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

The most common gas in the atmosphere (78%).

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Trace gases

Most of the freshwater around the world is used for the following purpose.

• industry
• residential
• agriculture
• recreation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Where the naturally occuring good ozone layer is located

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

In which layer do all the pressure, wind, and precipitation changes occur?

• Outer space 
• stratosphere
• troposphere
• mesosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5