Geoscience Processes

Which of the following is NOT an example of chemical weathering?

• acid breaks down rock by reacting with it

• rust

• oxidation of a rock

• water freezes in cracks in a rock causing it to break

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following would form from a divergent plate boundary?

• mid-ocean ridge

• Mountains

• island arcs

• ocean trench

What evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?

• how minerals and fossils are distributed

• geographic features

• the continents fit together like a puzzle

• all answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Landslides, mudslides, and rock falls are all examples of erosion by what?

• running water

• wind

• ice

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Broken down pieces of rock like sand and gravel are known as what?

• sediment

• magma

• fossils

• debris

Along certain plate boundaries magma comes to Earth's surface to form new rock. This happens because of __________.

• earth's magnetic field

• rising currents in the mantle

• erosion

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

True or False: the main cause of erosion on Earth's surface is running water.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When would a mudslide normally occur?

• after a lot of rain

• after a drought period

• in a flat area

• near a volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

For a sedimentary or metamorphic rock to turn into an igneous rock what must it first do?

• freeze

• melt

• go through erosion

• be weathered

What was the ancient supercontinent called?

• Magma

• Pangaea

• North America

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3