Weekly Review #7

Weekly Review #7

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Weekly Review #7

Weekly Review #7

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Cecilia Boice

Used 3+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An increase in the transparency of Earth’s atmosphere is often caused by

a decrease in cloud cover

a decrease in solar radiation

an increase in airborne dust particles

an increase in the duration of insolation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The arrival time of the first earthquake P-wave at a seismograph station was 10:11:20 (hours:minutes:seconds). If the epicenter of the earthquake is 8000 km away, what was the approximate arrival time of the first S-wave from this earthquake?

10:02:00

10:09:20

10:20:40

10:32:00

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The diagram below represents the intensity of the shaking that occurs on different Earth surfaces during the same earthquake. The greatest earthquake hazard to homes exists when they are built on

hard igneous rock

sedimentary rock

coarse sediments

silt and mud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which tectonic plate boundary is best represented by this diagram?

Nazca Plate and Pacific Plate boundary

Scotia Plate and South American Plate boundary

Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate boundary

Antarctic Plate and Indian-Australian Plate boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is

more dense and more mafic

more dense and more felsic

less dense and more mafic

less dense and more felsic

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of the sediment that is compacted and later forms shale bedrock is

clay

silt

sand

pebbles

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which two Earth regions is oxygen the second most abundant element by volume?

crust and hydrosphere

hydrosphere and troposphere

troposphere and core

core and crust

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