Weekly Review #7

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Science
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8th Grade
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Cecilia Boice
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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
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
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
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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