Earth Systems FINAL Study Guide

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

What was the name of the Super-Continent?

• Glomar

• Glossopteris

• Pangaea

• Wegener

A group of components (parts) that work together is a...

• Sphere

• System

• Habitat

• Cycle

Thin envelope of gases surrounding the Earth and contains the weather.

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Plates that spread away from each other

• Subduction Zones

• Divergent Plates

• Convergent Plates

• Transform Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes are measured by the magnitude ______________ scale.

• Fujita

• Modified

• Richter

• Elastic

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Seafloor Spreading Explains

• The age of the ocean crust and ocean floor crust

• The reason volcanoes are active at plate boundaries

• The age of the Earth and the Earth's continents

• The crystallization of diamonds deep on the Earth's crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates that collide into each other

• Divergent Plates

• Transform Plates

• Convection Plates

• Convergent Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the thin layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost part of Earth?

• core
• crust
• mantle
• biosphere

All living things on earth are part of the....

• Biosphere
• Geosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Cryosphere

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NGSS.5-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-LS1-1