Earth Science Chapter 4 Test Review

The Earth's ______ most directly causes our seasons

• Atmosphere

• Gravity

• Rotation

• Tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The angle at which the Sun's rays strike a particular location on the earth

• Dissemination

• Insolation

• Shielding

• Zonation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The region where the earth orbits the sun is known as the _____ zone

• Danger Zone

• Habitability Zone

• Optimal Zone

• Orbital Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The zone also known as the Goldilocks zone is what percentage of the entire solar system

• 1%

• 5%

• 15%

• 84%

The earth's crust is made up of large divisions known as

• Asthenosphere

• High-density rock

• Shells

• Tectonic plates

How do seismologists collect data to model the Earth's interior

• Drilling

• Radar

• Seismic waves

• Sonar

The earth's crust is

• Thicker continental and thinner oceanic crust

• Thinner continental crust and thicker oceanic crust

• The same thickness no matter where you measure

• Constantly changing over time

The Moho Discontinuity is located

• At the bottom of the crust

• At the bottom of the mantle

• Separating the upper and lower mantle

• Separating the outer and inner core

This part of the Earth's interior is what moves with tectonic plate movement

• Crust only

• Crust and Mantle (Upper and Lower)

• Asthenosphere

• Crust and only the Upper portion of the Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is thought to contribute to the earth's magnetic field

• Atmosphere

• Chemical Composition

• Liquid properties of the Earth's water

• Movement of the metals in the Earth's core