Earth Science Benchmark Review

The crust and the upper mantle make up Earth's ______.

• Continents

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Core

They hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called _______.

• Magnetic reversal

• Convection

• Continental drift

• Continental slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Most earthquakes happen_______.

• Without warning

• In areas where earthquakes have occurred in the past

• Along plate boundaries

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The most destructive seismic waves are ______.

• Primary waves

• Secondary waves

• P-waves

• Surface waves

Before lava reaches the surface, the molten material is called _______.

• Rock

• Magma

• Volcanic ash

• Liquid fire

The presence of the same ______ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift.

• a. rocks

• b. fossils

• c. nether a nor b

• d. both a and b

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Continental drift states that continents moved _________ to their current location.

• slowly

• quickly

• very little

• vertically

Plates move apart at _______ boundaries.

• Convergent

• Transform

• Stable

• Divergent

Plates slide past one another at _____.

• Subduction zone

• Transform boundaries

• Convection currents

• Divergent boundaries

The boundary between two plates moving together is called a _______.

• Lithosphere

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary