Review: Ch 1 geology test

The study of Earth's surface and interior

• Meteorology

• Geology

• Geography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The outer layer of Earth that covers Earth's mantle

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• a wig

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A sphere that flattens at its poles and bulges at its equator

• ellipsoid

• oblate spheroid

• prolate spheroid

• spheroid

• globe

It is about 2250 kilometers thick and is made of liquid iron and nickel. Outside the inner core

• inner core

• outer core

• upper mantle

• crust

The layer of rock on Earth extending from the crust downward 2850 kilometers

• mantle

• photosynthesis

• hypothesis

• crust

• density

Hypothetical whirling gaseous masses within a giant cloud of gas and dust rotating around a sun; protoplanets are thought to have given rise to planets and moons.

• protoplanet hypothesis

• big bang theory

• geography

• planets and moons

• meteorology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The four major branches of Earth Science are:

• Geology, Astronomy, Meteorology, & Ecology

• Biology, Chemistry, Physics, & Ecology

• Astronomy, Meteorology, Chemistry, & Physics

• Oceanography, Meteorology, Geology, & Astronomy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The ocean covers (a)   percent of the Earth's surface.

• 65%

• 75%
• 85%

• 95%

The atmosphere covers ​ (a)   ​ percent of the Earth's surface.

• 70%
• 80%
• 90%
• 100%

The density of the Earth is (a)   .

• 5.5 g/cm³

• 5.0 g/cm³

• 6.0 g/cm³

• 6.5 g/cm³

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1