Geology Unit Test

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

Where does sea-floor spreading take place?

• Convergent Boundaries
• Transform Boundaries
• Land Boundaries
• Mid-Oceanic Ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What did Wegener call the single, large, landmass containing all of our current continents?

• continental drift
• plate tectonics
• Pangaea

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.

• Plate Tectonics
• Convection Currents
• Pangaea
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the earth's outermost layer?

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Outer Core

Why do major geologic events tend to occur in the Ring of Fire?

• Tidal activity

• Tectonic plate boundaries

• Ocean currents

• Weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is underground molten rock?

• Lava

• Magma

• Soil

• Intrusive