UNIT TEST EARTH

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move? (a)  

• Crust
• Outer core
• Inner Core
• Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent (a)   , which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pangea
• Percia
• Pandora
• Gandowandaland

What was Wegener's hypothesis called?

• The Theory of Continental Drift

• The Theory of Pangea

• The Theory of Moving Continents

• The Theory of Techtonic Plates

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The continental plates move so quickly that we can feel them.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A plate boundary where the plates slide past each other in opposite directions

• Divergent boundary

• Indirect

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

What is Ring of Fire....

• Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region

• Belt of volcanoes in the mid-continental region

• Belt of volcanoes in the mid-atlantic region

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An active volcano Mauna Loa is located in....

• Hawaii, USA

• Brazil

• Japan

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Volcanic erupted material when inside the hill/earth/mountain it is called....

• Lava

• Magma

• Lahars

• None of these