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Quiz-Key Points in Geosphere

Authored by Jing Bi

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Quiz-Key Points in Geosphere
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which layer represents the lithosphere?

A

B

C

D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pressure and temperature ________ as you move deeper below Earth's surface.

decrease

increase

stay the same

increase and then decrease

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

matching fossils

Ancient climates

paleomagnetism

Matching rocks

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or creating lithosphere?

convergent

divergent

transform

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can may in a ____.

volcanic island arc

continental volcanic arc

earthquake

ocean ridges (seafloor spreading)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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 The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

continental-continental convergent

continental-continental divergent

oceanic-oceanic convergent

continental-oceanic convergent

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is formed when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?

a rift valley

subduction zone

an ocean ridge

an ocean basin

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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