Earth's Structure Pretest

1. True or False? The Earth has 4 layers: crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

2. True or False? The Earth’s tectonic plates move because of convection currents in Earth’s mantle beneath the lithosphere.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3. True or False? There are different types of plate boundaries on Earth, such as divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4. True or False? Earthquakes and volcanoes only happen on continents; they cannot happen underwater.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5. True or False? Earth’s crust is made of many different kinds of rocks that are categorized into 3 groups: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

6. True or False? Earth's rocks never change. The rocks that we have on Earth's surface today are the same as we have had since Earth was formed.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7. True or False? Soil is a mixture of organic (living or once living) and inorganic (never living) material.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

8. True or False? Soil formation is affected by many things, including climate and rock type.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

9. True or False? Living things benefit from soil that has a lot of nutrients and can hold moisture.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

10. True or False? Removing plants from an area can help prevent soil erosion.

• True
• False
• I am not sure

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4