Geosphere review

What are the main layers of Earth from outermost to innermost?

• Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle Crust

• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Crust, Outer Core, Mantle, Inner Core

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Mrs. Smith's performed a scratch test using her fingernail, a copper penny, glass, and a steel nail. Which property is Mrs. Smith testing?

• streak

• cleavage

• fracture

• hardness

Rocks filled with fish fossils and dinosaur tracks are MOST LIKELY

• igneous

• intrusive

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The Mohs hardness scale lists the ten common minerals, from softest to hardest. Tyler's teacher wants him to find the hardness of a diamond, which can scratch ALL other minerals. The diamond would have a hardness of

• 1

• 5

• 7

• 10

What is the name of the plate boundary that pulls apart?

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform
• Tug Of War

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the plate boundary that pushes together?

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform
• A Chest Bump

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform
• Mr. C the Slide Man

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Mountain
• Rift Valley
• Island Arc