Earth Systems Test Review (3A2)

The continued rising and falling (due to heating and cooling) of magma within the Earth are known as __________ currents.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The Theory of ___________ states that all the continents on Earth used to be joined as one giant landmass and have since slowly drifted to their current locations.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The supercontinent that included all current land masses before they split apart is known as ___________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The broken sections of Earth's crust are referred to as ____________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are 3 of the 5 things we learned are necessary for life on Earth?

• The presence of carbon dioxide

• The presence of water

• The atmosphere to provide oxygen to breathe and protection from things like radiation and meteors

• The presence of plants

• Energy from the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The Habitable Zone is the distance from a given star that allows what to exist?

A(n) ____________________ is an extremely deep area of the ocean floor where an oceanic plate is moving below a continental plate.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A(n) ____________________ plate boundary is where two plates separate or divide.

The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed is known as ____________________ spreading.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process that occurs when one plate moves beneath another plate because it is more dense is known as ____________________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3