Geosphere and Atmosphere Test Review

What is the biosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the hydrosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the atmosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Comes from the Greek word for "ground"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This is part of the....

• Geosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere
• Cryosphere

The most dense layer of the Earth is the

• Inner Core
• Outer Core
• Lower Mantle
• Upper Mantle

The thinnest layer of Earth is the 

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

Are the same waves that travel through Earth's interior during an earthquake.

• Sound
• Water
• Seismic
• Infrared

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which type of plate movement involves the creation of mountains and/or volcanoes?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transverse

• Continental Breakfast Plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate movement creates canyons and volcanoes?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transverse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2