Earth's Systems Mid Unit Practice

Where is the Ring of Fire?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Indian Ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the thinnest layer of Earth?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

In this image, what is the name of the layer that is dark orange?

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Crust

What is the name of the plate boundary where tectonic plates move together?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Personal Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the plate boundary where tectonic plates move apart?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Personal Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the plate boundary where tectonic plates slide alongside one another causing earthquakes?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Personal Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which person from this list came up with the theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Harry Hess

• Albert Einstein

• Heidi Wachtin

• Alfred Wegener

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was the name of the supercontinent that Wegener predicted?

• Supercontinent

• Ultimate Continent

• Pangea

• Plate Tectonia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the spheres below are we included in?

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Cryosphere

• Hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the spheres below includes the lithosphere?

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Cryosphere

• Hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3