Structure of the Earth Test

What is the upper mantle and the crust that move together with tectonic plates called?

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Core

• Magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is a rock layer in a sequence of strata, according to the principle of horizontality, that tectonic processes can tilt, fold, or fault?

• Stratum

• Magma

• Delta

• Glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the theoretical collection of rock layers in the order in which they are formed, where the lower layers are oldest and the uppermost layers are youngest, called?

• Geological column

• Stratigraphic fault

• Sedimentary basin

• Tectonic plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the assumption that the layers of rock in any undisturbed sequence of strata contain the oldest stratum at the bottom with the younger or later layers placed in order above it, called?

• Principle of Superposition

• Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Law of Original Horizontality

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the model that explains the shape and arrangement of present continents and their features as the product of the slow motion of tectonic plates over millions of years?

• Continental Drift Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Cell Theory

• Quantum Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the motion of oceanic tectonic plates away from the mid-ocean ridges where mantle rocks rise to form new ocean crust called?

• Sea-floor spreading

• Subduction

• Continental drift

• Plate collision

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a section of the earth’s crust that moves as a unit compared to other regions of the crust, which may be mainly thick continental crust, thin oceanic crust, or a combination of both, and meets at tectonic boundaries?

• Tectonic Plate

• Mantle Plume

• Seismic Wave

• Volcanic Arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the tectonic process by which relatively thin and denser oceanic crust slowly slides down and under more massive but less dense continental crust called?

• Subduction

• Rifting

• Uplift

• Faulting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the secular model for the origin of all stars and planetary systems throughout the universe, which suggests that a star system forms slowly from a cloud of gas and dust (called a nebula) as the matter clumps together under the influence of gravity within the nebula? The densest part becomes the star, and planets form from the dusty disk surrounding a star?

• Nebular Hypothesis

• Steady State Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Ptolemaic Model

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the term for when continents crash together and then have broken up?

• Super continent

• Subduction zone

• Rift valley

• Ocean trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3