Earth Systems & Resources Review

The surface of the earth, otherwise known as the ______, is broken into seven major pieces and sits atop a liquid layer called the _______

• lithosphere, asthenosphere

• astenosphere, mantle

• crust, litosphere

• asthenosphere, lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

As you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?

• The would all increase

• The would all decrease.

• They would stay the same.

• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

When two plates collide, what geologic formations can occur?

• Volcanos

• Mountain Ranges

• Trenches

• All of These

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where is new crust created?

• Convergent Boundaries

• Transform Faults

• Divergent Boundaries

• Mountain Ranges

When two plates move parallel to each other, but in opposite directions, what can occur when the energy is released after built up tension?

• Landslides

• Volcanoes

• Avalanches

• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Islands in the middle of a tectonic plate are usually associated with what phenomena?

• Subduction zones

• Hot Spots

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Faults

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Where do earthquakes and volcanoes appear most often?

• in the middle of a continent

• where the continental plates meet

• in the desert

• in the middle of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere.

• tectonic plates

• volcanic arcs

• ocean crust

• magnetic field

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The thinnest and outer most layer of the Earth is the ___________.

• mantle
• crust
• inner core

• outer core