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Rock that forms when pressure and temperature change existing rock.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Rock Cycle

At which type of boundary are mountains formed?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone
• Transform

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What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?

• convergent

• horizontal

• divergent

• transform

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According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called

• Pangaea.

• Wegener.

• Panthalassa.

• Euraisa.

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Which of these may be caused by an interaction between the hydrosphere and geosphere?

• Tides

• Soil erosion

• Photosynthesis

• Melting of icebergs

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A deep gorge in the surface of Earth formed by the erosion of moving water and sediment

• valley

• canyon

• delta

• mountain

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Low land between hills or mountains is a ...

• bay

• desert

• valley

• plateau

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?

• Tranform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Subduction Zone

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Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow?

• biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere

• geosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere

• biosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere

• cryosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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