Earth Systems Test

The location where one tectonic plate comes in contact with another is known as a ____________________.

A(n) ____________________ is the landform that is created when two continental plates collide.

A(n) ____________________ is a long, elevated region on the ocean floor located at a divergent boundary.

Mountains, volcanoes, and volcanic island arcs can form depending on the type of crust that is involved at convergent plate boundaries.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

During seafloor spreading, the youngest crust is located closest to the divergent boundary.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What percentage of Earth's water is not salt water?

• 97%

• 2%

• 1%

• 3%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What two subsystems interact when decaying organisms bring nutrients into the soil?

• biosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and atmosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When water vapor cools down and is changed into liquid water, we call this _________________.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• concentration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ________________ is the layer of gases surrounding the

Earth.

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rocks, sand, and soil are all parts of an Earth subsystem known as the _______________.

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1