Earth Science Test

Maya, Arjun, and Nora are studying geography and come across the term 'tectonic plates.' They decide to research and understand what tectonic plates are. Can you help them figure it out?

• Giant slabs that make up the Earth’s surface

• Small slabs that make up the Earth’s surface

• Giant slabs that make up the moon’s surface

• Small slabs that make up the moon’s surface

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In a thrilling science class, Abigail, Olivia, and Henry were discussing the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. They discovered that _________ is the fascinating process where a denser plate dives beneath a less dense plate, which caused the disaster.

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Abigail and Avery are studying geology and learn that there are two types of crust on Earth: ________________ and _________________

Arjun, Maya, and Noah are on a school trip to a natural history museum. They come across an exhibit about the Earth's history and see a model of a supercontinent. A sign next to the model reads: 'This supercontinent, consisting of all of Earth's land masses, is called ________.'

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What is magma?

• Hot semifluid rock that becomes solid rock as it cools off.

• A mix of rocks, minerals, gases, and water from the mantle.

• A weak spot in Earth’s crust where magma can come to the surface.

• Hardened rock.

What kinds of materials can be deposited to make up layers of rock?

• soil

• lava

• ocean sediment

• river sediment

• glaciers

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What do we call the moving of large pieces of rock across Earth's surface?

• plate traffic

• plate erosion

• plate tectonics

• plate bumpers

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Underwater mountain ranges, canyons, and trenches that extend around the world

• Mid Ocean Ridges

• Volcanoes

• Faults

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The process where the agents of erosion lay down sediment

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• sediment

Process of materials moving from their source to another location through weathering.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition