Dynamic Earth Chapter 3 Test

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Strike Slip boundary

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Energy from the Sun

• Faults in mountain ranges

• Convection currents in the mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The lithosphere is divided into pieces called ____________, which glide across the asthenosphere.

• Crust

• Faults

• Tectonic Plates

• Earth's Surface

Where do a majority of earthquakes happen?

• California

• near plate boundaries

• near volcanic mountains

• mostly in the southern hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the physical layer of Earth between the mesosphere and the lithosphere?

• inner core

• mantle

• asthenosphere

• outer core

The most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere is:

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Methane

The Himalayan mountains were a result of which type of collision?

• Continental > < Continenetal

• Continental > < Oceanic

• Oceanic > < Oceanic

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

All weather occurs here

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Ozone layer

• Mesosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What factor(s) change a mountain's shape from jagged and high to round and lower over long periods of time?

• deposition

• weather and erosion

• movement of continents

• collisions between continental plantes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Weathering is...

• the breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock. 
• the scraping away of materials
• material that comes from the weathering of rock
• the moving of sediment and rock from one place to another. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2