Dynamic Earth Test Review

True or False: Scientists at the time rejected Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earth's continents move

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

True or False: Wind and rain can break down exposed rock.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

True or False: Mid-ocean ridges are formed along lines where two plates diverge under the water.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

If you wanted to avoid earthquakes, which would be the best location to choose?

• The Great Lakes Region

• the largest island in Hawaii

• Southern Alaska

• West coast

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n)

• deep-sea trench

• oceanic crust

• ocean ridge

• ocean floor sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The molten material deep inside Earth from which igneous rocks form is called ________.

• magma

• lava

A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are _______.

• chemical or organic

• intrusive or extrusive

• foliated or nonfoliated

• basaltic or granite

Sedimentary rocks are ______.

• Formed from magma

• a type of foliated igneous rock

• formed because of changes in temperature and pressure, or the presence of hot watery fluids

• formed when loose materials become pressed or cemented together or when minerals form form solutions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A break in Earth's lithosphere along which movement occurs is called a (n) _______.

• fault

• earthquake

• strain

• stress

Plates slide past one another at

• Transform boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• stress

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3