1st Semester/2nd 9Wks Test Review

Along a(n) __________ fault, rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface.

• Normal

• Reverse

• Elastic

• Strike-slip

How do metamorphic rocks form?

• When heat and pressure change an existing rock.

• When minerals come out of solution

• When molten material cools

• When sediments are weathered/eroded, deposited, compacted and cemented together.

______________ waves move through Earth by causing particles of rock to move back and forth in the same direction as the waves.

• Primary

• Seismic

• Secondary

• Surface

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

______________ are located when there is a weakness in the asthenosphere allowing magma to rise to the surface.

• Hot Spot

• Volcanoes

• Ring of Fire

• Tectonic Plates

Which option correctly labels the letter A on the diagram?

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Fault

• Core

Plates move apart at _______________ boundaries.

• Divergent

• Transform

• Stable

• Convergent

The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's ____________.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Core

• Continents

To locate an earthquake's ____________, scientists use information from three seismograph stations.

• Epicenter

• Core

• Damage

• Source

This German scientist revolutionized the theory of plate tectonics.

• Alfred Wegener

• Aristotle

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single supercontinent called (a)   once existed.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3