FSA Earth Science

Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of ________.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Which direction will the heat flow while this ice cap melts?

• there is no heat transfer

• from the icecap to the water

• from the water to the icecap

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which sentence describes climate?

• The temperature yesterday was 42 F

• The sky was full of clouds before the storm.

• Winters in Canada are cold.

• The wind speed was 15 mph.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The thinnest layer of Earth is the 

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Outer Core

What layer of the geosphere are the question marks pointing to?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Layer of gaseous ozone in the stratosphere that protects life on earth by filtering out most harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun

• Greenhouse Gases

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Ozone Layer

If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be

• Metamorphic

• Magma

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Fossils are only found in

• Sedimentary rocks

• Foliated Metamorphic rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The most dense layer of the Earth is the

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

All the land on Earth makes up the

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3