Earth's Systems & Cycles - QUIZ 1

A scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet earth

• Geologist
• Alfred Wegener
• Divergent Plates
• Convergent Plates

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A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift in the 1900s

• Geologist
• Alfred Wegener
• Divergent Plates
• Convergent Plates

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Two tectonic plates that move away from each other (in opposite directions) and causes mid-ocean ridge

• Geologist
• Alfred Wegener
• Divergent Plates
• Convergent Plates

Two tectonic plates that move toward each other; one descends below the other causing raised areas and/or mountains

• Geologist
• Alfred Wegener
• Divergent Plates
• Convergent Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle; large moving sections of Earth's crust moving due to convection currents

• Tectonic Plates
• Catastrophism
• Uniformitarianism
• Geoscience Proccess

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A theory that states that natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions shaped Earth's land forms and caused extinction of some species

• Tectonic Plates
• Catastrophism
• Uniformitarianism
• Geoscience Proccess

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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The theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes

• Tectonic Plates
• Catastrophism
• Uniformitarianism
• Geoscience Proccess

Any natural process that changes the Earth's surface, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics

• Tectonic Plates
• Catastrophism
• Uniformitarianism
• Geoscience Proccess

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Forces that shape Earth's surface by building mountains and landmasses

• Constructive Forces
• Destructive Forces
• Fault
• Lithosphere

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Forces that wear away or break down land masses on the earth's surface

• Constructive Forces
• Destructive Forces
• Fault
• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2