ESH PLATE TECTONICS TEST REVIEW

Science is the study of the .......

• natural world

• supernatural world

• life in the universe

• EVERYTHING.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A meteorologist would investigate ______, while a geologist would investigate______.

• Tropical Cyclones,

  Seismic Waves

• Thunderstorms

  Low-pressure systems

• Hail,

  Climate Change

• Earthquakes,

  Today's Weather

• puppies,

  kittens

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True/false: You are standing on a tectonic plate right now, and it is moving right now.

• true

• false

• funni chikin

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate tectonics is the movement of the ______ on top of the ______.

• lithosphere, asthenosphere (mantle)

• inner core, outer core

• asthenosphere (mantle), lithosphere

• outer core, crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

9,000,000 year old Fossils of Rhinos have been found in Florida and Africa. How is this possible?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!!??!?!!

• Florida and Africa used to be connected at one point in history.

• Humans brought Rhinos to America, and fossils formed.

• Rhinos swam from Africa to Florida

• A hurricane brought Rhinos to Florida.

• humans illegally traded rhinos for candy during the 1920s prohibition.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

_____ Oceanic Crust sinks under _____ dense continental crust, this is known as ______.

• more dense, less dense, slab pull

• less dense, more dense, slab pull

• more dense, less dense, ridge push

• less dense, more dense, ridge push

Around 200 Million years ago, all the landmasses were conjoined in a supercontinent named........

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Are the continents still moving today? If so, how fast?

• True, around 2 feet every year

• True, around 2 centimeters every year

• True, around 2 meters every year

• False, tectonic plates stopped moving after pangea broke up

• True, around 1.5 kilometers every year

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Convection in the.... powers plate tectonics

• Lower Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The inner core transfers heat the outer core via ______. When heated, hot liquid iron in the outer core rises due to ______, which then makes contact with the lower mantle, heating it up via ______.

• Conduction, Convection, Conduction

• Conduction, Convection, Radiation

• Convection, Conduction, Convection

• Radiation, Convection, Conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1