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Earth Systems Vocabulary Part 1

Authored by Kate Friddle

Science

8th Grade

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Earth Systems Vocabulary Part 1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the brittle crust and uppermost part of the mantle?

asthenosphere

convection current

lithosphere

tectonic plate

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the solid, almost flowing, layer of Earth below the lithosphere?

asthenosphere

lithosphere

magma plume

pangea

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a round, solid figure?

convection current

hot spot

lava

sphere

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a break caused by shearing (causes rock on either side of fault to move in opposite directions)?

normal fault

reverse fault

strike-slip fault

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a break caused by tension (pulls rock apart)?

normal fault

reverse fault

strike-slip fault

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a break caused by compression (pushes or squeezes rock together)

normal fault

reverse fault

strike-slip fault

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the process where warm fluid in the Earth’s mantle becomes less dense and rises; the fluid then cools, becomes more dense, and sinks back down?

convection current

lava

magma

plate theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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