Natural Disasters review

The weather occurs in:

• The troposphere

• The exosphere

• The stratosphere

• The mesosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are the different plates of the Earth called?

• Continents

• Countries

• Dinner plates

• Tectonic plates

The Earth's crust floats on:

• Molten rock in the mantle

• The core

• The ocean

• Soil

The movements of tectonic plates can cause:

• Meteorological hazards

• Geological hazards

• a rash

• emotions to run high

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What sort of plate movement can cause mountains to form?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Spaghetti

What can occur at convergent plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes can form

• Trenches can form

• Mountains can form

• Earthquakes can occur

• All of the above

Which of the following statements about a divergent boundary is NOT true?

• As the plates move apart (very slowly) magma rises from the mantle

• When the magma reaches the surface, it cools and solidifies to form new crust

• Volcanic eruptions can occur

• The plates will slide past each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The essential ingredients for weather are:

• Heat

• Air

• Winds

• Moisture

• Rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An earthquake is a meteorological hazard.

• False

• True

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A cyclone is a meteorological hazard.

• Fale

• True

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2