Earth Science semester 1 exam review, part 2

Which strategy will reduce human costs of extracting minerals for use in technology?

• avoiding conflict minerals

• e-waste recycling programs

• reducing exposure to toxic chemicals

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A green space on top of an apartment building provides which type of benefit?

• Economic

• health

• both

• neither

What was needed to prove Wegener's theory of moving continents?

• direct observation

• technology

• better understanding of the Earth's layers

• adjusting the conclusions

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is the correct order of the Earth's layers starting from the outside and working in

• lithosphere, inner core, outer core, mantle

• outer core, inner core , mantle crust, mesosphere

• lithosphere,asthenosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core

• mesosphere, lithosphere, inner core, outer core, mantle

Metamorphic rock is associated with which land feature?

• mountain

• volcano

• lake bottom

• none of the above

Magma _____ as it gets hotter and creates new oceanic ______ as it cools.

• falls, waves

• rises, crust

• solidifies, islands

• coagulates, life

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The mid-atlantic ridge is an example of what type of boundary?

• convergent

• transform

• stagnant

• divergent

as new ocean crust is formed at the mid-atlantic ridge, the Atlantic ocean becomes_______

• wider

• narrow

• thicker

• hotter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

what causes movement in the plates?

• plates bouncing off each other

• radiation from the sun

• the convection cycle

• tidal movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

which paleomagnetic evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?

• skewed ( different ) magnetic directions in rock layers

• magnetic striping patterns extending outward from the mid-oceanic ridge

• magnetic striping patterns to determine speed and direction of plates

• all of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5