Earth Science Standardized Test Review

The convergence of two CONTINENTAL plates will produce ___.

• island arcs
• rift valleys
• folded mountains
• trenches

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which statement best describes why S-Waves are NOT recorded by seismographs in certain areas?

• Seismographs do not record s-waves.
• S-waves travel in a different direction than p-waves.
• The earthquake was not strong enough to produce s-waves.
• The s-waves are stopped by the liquid outer core.

The BEST evidence that continents were once connected is that they have matching ___.

• weather, fossils, and rock types
• rock types, fossils, and coastlines
• coastlines, weather, and rock types
• fossils, coastlines, and weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

As the velocity of a stream DECREASES, which factor will likely INCREASE?

• erosion of the stream bank
• deposition of the material in the stream
• the amount of material carried downstream
• the size of the particles carried downstream

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Which is the MOST responsible for the formation of new crust at plate boundaries?

• continent to continent convergence
• rising magma at divergent boundaries
• tectonic plates sliding past one another
• subduction of one tectonic plate under another

If the African Plate continues to move toward the Eurasian plate, what will eventually happen?

• Volcanoes will form and erupt at the plate boundary.
• The African plate will break the Eurasian plate into pieces.
• The Mediterranean Sea will shrink and mountains will form.
• The Mediterranean Sea will become larger and earthquakes will happen.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Coal forms from decayed plants that grew in hot, moist climates, so why is coal now found in cool climates such as Europe and North America?

• Europe and North America were once located near the equator.
• Europe and North America were once covered by deserts.
• The plants that form coal grow in the summer months.
• The plants that form coal adapted to cool climates over time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What force was Wegener looking for to explain how the continents moved?

• subduction zones at plate boundaries

• hot spots under continents

• magnetic reversals of the north and south poles

• convection currents in the mantle

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What happens when more dense, oceanic crust collides with less dense, continental crust?

• oceanic crust sinks below continental crust
• oceanic crust rides above the continental crust
• continental crust sinks below the oceanic crust
• continental crust becomes thinner than oceanic crust

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What conclusion can a scientist make as a result of finding different fossils in a rock layer?

• the fossils are made up of cooled lava
• the fossils formed after heat and pressure changed the type of rock
• the fossils are made of the same material as the organisms that formed them
• the fossils formed at about the same time as the rock layer they were found in

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1