Geologic Processes Test Review

The thickest layer of earth is the ______________.

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Outer Core

What happens at fault lines?

• Mountains

• Deserts

• Earthquakes

• New Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The only liquid layer of earth is the _______________.

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

Convergent plates ____________________

• Come together to form mountains

• Slide past each other to cause earthquakes

• Spread apart to form new crust

• Don't move at all

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes the plates to move?

• Earthquakes

• Heat energy within the earth

• Coldness

• The layers of the earth shifting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Erosion is the __________ of rocks and sediment.

• cracking

• breaking down

• dropping

• moving

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The inner and outer core are made from ________________.

• rocky material

• weathered rock

• iron and nickel

• copper

Deposition is the ______________ of rock and sediment.

• dropping

• moving

• breaking down

• wearing down

Which type of plate boundary is shown?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Subduction

What type of plate boundary is shown?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3