Earth Science Test Review

What does this picture represent?

• Convergent plates

• A fossil

• Igneous rock

• The Earth's mantle

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Two plates move TOGETHER at ________ plate boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Magnetic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates move past each other in _______ plate boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Magnetic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Although earthquakes can happen where any 2 plate boundaries meet, they are most common...

• At convergent plates

• At divergent plates

• At transform plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Are earthquakes common in West Milford, New Jersey?

• No, because we don't live near the ocean.

• No, because we don't live near a fault line (where 2 plates meet(

• Yes, they can happen anywhere on Earth

• Yes, because we live in the mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What would be a good way to describe our Earth?

• Always changing

• Solid throughout

• It stays the same, year after year

• Huge compared to the other planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Two plates move away from each other at...

• Convergent plate boundaries

• Divergent plate boundaries

• Transform plate boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Divergent plate boundaries often create...

• Mountains

• Tides

• Underwater mountain chains

• New crust

What is probably true looking at these fossil layers in rock?

• The oldest layer was an aquatic (water) ecosystem

• The dinosaurs at the bottom are the youngest fossils shown

• These layers probably took 5 to 10 years to form

• The most recent (youngest) layer was an aquatic (water) ecosystem.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The hypothesis that continents have moved slowly to their current location is called...

• Continental drift

• Magnetism

• Continental slope

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2