Earth's Systems Unit Test

The thin layer at Earth’s surface where life exists.

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The solid part of Earth that consists of rock, as well as the soils and loose rocks at Earth’s surface.

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A mixture of gases that makes up the air that we breathe.

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Makes up all of the water on or near the Earth’s surface.

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As Volcanic ash and Volcanic gases spread across the planet it

• Lowers the average global temperature.

• Raises the average global temperature

• Does not reduce the amount of sunlight that reaches the Earth

• Decreases breathing problems

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The ring of fire is ________________ where the majority of the world’s volcanoes occur.

• An area that extends only down the coastline of California

• An area that makes a sort of circle around the Pacific plate boundary

• An area that makes a sort of circle around the Atlantic Plate

• An area found only in Asia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A plastic, solid layer of the mantle made up of rocks that flows very slowly and allows tectonic plates move on top of it

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the basis for dividing the atmosphere into four layers?

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Density

• Amount of Gases

What happens to atmospheric pressure as you increase in altitude through the atmosphere?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the Same

Which layer contains clouds, wind, rain, snow, and most weather patterns?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5