APES unit 4 review

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

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

What is the correct sequence of layers of the earth's atmosphere from earth's surface to space?

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

• mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere.

• troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere.

• stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

Which two factors allow earth to experience four distinct seasons?

• latitude & solar intensity

• tilt of axis & rotation of axis

• tilt of axis & rotation around sun

• distance from sun & place in orbit around sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In which layer of the atmosphere does weather take place?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

As altitude increases, what happens to temperature?

• Temperature increases

• Temperature decreases

• Temperature does not change with altitude

Which gas is there the most of in the atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Water vapor

• Carbon dioxide

Which of the following contributes to the unequal warming of earth?
I. variation in the angle of sunlight that reaches Earth
II. variation in the amount of surface area over which the Sun's rays are distributed
III. variation in the amount of sunlight reflected from clouds

• I only
• I and II only
• II and III only
• III only

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6