Quiz-Key Points in Geosphere

Which layer represents the lithosphere?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Pressure and temperature ________ as you move deeper below Earth's surface.

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• increase and then decrease

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Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

• matching fossils

• Ancient climates

• paleomagnetism

• Matching rocks

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or creating lithosphere?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can may in a ____.

• volcanic island arc

• continental volcanic arc

• earthquake

• ocean ridges (seafloor spreading)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

 The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• continental-continental convergent

• continental-continental divergent

• oceanic-oceanic convergent

• continental-oceanic convergent

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What is formed when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?

• a rift valley

• subduction zone

• an ocean ridge

• an ocean basin

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Which processes must occur in order for an igneous rock to change into a metamorphic rock?

• heating and pressure

• melting and cooling

• compaction and cementation

• uplift and erosion

One rock was formed from rapidly cooling lava and is smooth and glassy. The other rock was formed from slow-cooling magma, so has large crystals. Which rock property is represented by these characteristics?

• color

• fracture

• texture

• hardness

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Coal is classified as "organic sedimentary rock" , because it is formed from___.

• plant remains decomposed under pressure

• natural gas subjected to heat

• melted and cooled metamorphic rock

• seas that have evaporated

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