Benchmark 1 Study Guide

The measurement of the distance between two surfaces is known as ____

• thickness

• width

• height

• depth

The degree of compactness of an object or substance is called _____

• Density

• Volume

• Mass

• Weight

_____ is defined as the physical quantity that expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness.

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Volume

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

As you move closer to the inner core, temperature, density, and _____ increases.

• pressure

• humidity

• light

• sound

The Crust is made of two parts called the _____ and the _____ crust.

• continental and oceanic

• inner and outer

• upper and lower

• primary and secondary

_____ causes the inner core to be solid.

• High pressure

• Low temperature

• Magnetic field

• Radioactive decay

The _____ contains tectonic plates.

• Lithosphere

• Moon

• Inner Core

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

_____ is defined as the makeup of the layers of the Earth.

• Composition

• The structure of the Earth's atmosphere

• The composition of oceanic currents

• The arrangement of tectonic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Select the correct order of the six layers of the Earth from least dense to most dense.

• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

Most of the Earth's mass is contained in the _____

• core

• crust

• mantle

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1