The Restless Earth

Scientist describe the layers of the earth based on its ____ and ___ properties. 

• Chemical and Physical 
• Compositional and Textural  
• Emotional and Cognitive
• Physical and Nuclear 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the fastest type of wave in an earthquake? 

• Premature-Wave 
• Pressure Wave 
• S-Wave 
• Surface Wave

Which type of wave causes the most damage? 

• Pressure Waves 
• Ocean Waves
• Surface Waves
• Secondary Waves

The large scale movement of earth's lithosphere

• Plate Tectonics
• Continental Drift 
• Tectonic Plate
• Lithosphere plates 

What type of fault is this? 

• Reverse Fault 
• Normal Fault 
• Strike-Slip Fault 
• Tension Fault 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of stress is causing this fault to form? 

• Reverse Fault 
• Normal Fault 
• Strike-Slip Fault 
• Tension Fault 

Which is denser oceanic or continental crust? 

• oceanic 
• continental 

Continental Drift

• The theory that the continents were once one super continent
• The process in which molten rock rises through the cracks at ridges and forms new crust
• The theory that describes the large scale movement of earth's lithosphere
• Lithospheric plates that float on asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following are a types of plate boundaries? 

• transform, convergent, divergent
• shear, tension, compression
• strike slip fault
• reverse fault

The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost part of the lithosphere.

• mantle

• core

• crust

• mesosphere