8 Ch. 3 Earth's Systems Review

Which part of the earth contains the most mass?

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

Which part of the earth contains plates?

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• core

• lithosphere

Which is the correct order (starting from the earth's surface) of the earth's layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, inner core, outer core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, mantle, crust

What direct evidence do scientists have about the Earth's interior?

• seismic waves

• rock samples

• iron

• volcanic ash

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is the inner core made of?

• a dense ball of metal, iron and nickel

• a layer of molten metal

• hot rock

• a layer of rock the forms the earth's outer skin

A river flowing across a wide flood plain begins to form looplike bends called

• rills

• meanders

• oceans

• deltas

Water erosion begins when runoff from rainfall flows in a thin layer over the land in a kind of erosion called

• creep

• mass erosion

• sheet erosion

• gullyin

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and a rethen carried away when the glacier moves is called _____________

• plucking

• surging

• abrasion

• valley widening

What energy produces ocean waves?

• rise and fall of the tides

• rock falling into the ocean

• wind blowing across the water's surface

• rivers flowing into the ocean

The times in the past when continental glaciers covered most of the Earth's land surface were the...

• dark ages

• prehistoric eras

• ice ages

• Jurassic period