Earth Science Test

Approximately 225 million years ago, the earth's continents were grouped into one landmass called what?

• Europa

• Jurassic

• Pangaea

• Pangaea Ultima

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The layers of Earth are:

• hydrosphere, atmosphere, troposphere, outer core and inner core

• stratosphere, ionosphere, troposphere, outer core and inner core

• crust, mantle, outer core and inner core

• tectonic plates, faults, lithosphere and core

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

What is permeability?

• how freely water passes through soil

• how much acid is in soil

• the size of the soil particles

• the composition of soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earth

• Geo-

• Bio-

• Hydro-

• Atmo-

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

the study of

• -ology

• -tion

• -genic

• -sphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1