Earth Science Sol

What type of front does this symbol represent?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?

• Oxygen and Silicon

• Silicon and Magnesium

• Nickel and Iron

• Iron and Magnesium

Name the phase of the moon for letter f

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical

• tropical, temperate, polar

• temperate, polar, tropical

• temperate, tropical, polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Oceanic crust is made of____________________.

• granite that is very dense

• basalt that is less dense than continental crust

• basalt and is denser than continental crust

• andesite not very dense

Elevation is in meters. Determine the contour interval.

• 10 m

• 20 m

• 20 ft

• 10 ft

Volcanoes that are NOT found at plate boundaries occur in the middle of plates in areas called ___________. 

• hot spots

• mid-ocean ridges

• fissure volcanoes

• shield volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which Virginia province is seen on this map? 

• Piedmont 

• Coastal Plain 

• Blue Ridge 

• Appalachian Plateau 

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle

• Weathering

• Sedimentary Rock

• Tectonic Plate

• Erosion

• Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mineral

• Erosion

• Continental Drift