GHMS Common Assessment Review

Compared to Earth's crust, the core is said to be...

• less dense, cooler, and composed of more iron

• less dense, hotter, and composed of less iron

• more dense, hotter, and composed of more iron

• more dense, cooler, and composed of less iron

Most inferences about the earth's mantle and core are based on ...

• the behavior of seismic waves at the earth's interior

• well drillings from Earth's mantle and core

• chemical changes in exposed and weathered metamorphic rocs

• comparisons between Moon rocks and Earth rocks

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The study of how seismic waves travel as they travel through the earth has revealed that

• P waves travel more slowly than S waves through the earth's crust

• seismic waves travel more slowly through the mantle because it is more dense

• Earth's outer core is solid because P waves cannot travel through this layer

• Earth's outer core is liquid because S waves are not transmitted through this layer

Which celestial feature is largest in actual size?

• the Moon

• Jupiter

• the Sun

• the Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

With respect to one another, galaxies have been found to be...

• moving closer together

• moving farther apart

• moving in random directions

• stationary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Based on red-shift data on galaxies, most astronomers infer that the universe is currently..

• expanding

• contracting

• moving randomly

• fixed and stationary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The Big Bang Theory, describing the creation of the universe, is most directly supported by the...

• redshift light from different galaxies

• presence of volcanoes on Earth

• apparent shape of star constellations

• presence of craters on Earth's Moon

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What tides occur when the earth, sun, and moon form a right angle?

• spring tides

• neap tides

• gravity tides

• no tides

What holds the planets in orbit around the Sun?

• friction

• random movement

• gravitational pull of the Sun

• tides

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Even though the Sun is more massive than the Moon, why does the Moon have more effect on Earth's tides?

• The Moon is closer to Earth.

• The Moon has more craters.

• The Sun is cooler than the moon.

• The Moon is solid.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4