Geosphere/Earthquakes & Volcano TEST

What is a fault?

• the point inside Earth at which an earthquake occurs

• the point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake focus

• a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred

• a fracture in Earth along which NO movement has occurred

In a convection current, why does the magma become denser when it reaches the crust?

• it heats up

• it becomes lighter

• it cools down

• it remains the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The temperature inside the Earth increases as depth

• Increases

• Stays the same

• Decreases

• Materializes

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The crust and the upper layer of the mantle together make up a zone of rigid, brittle rock called the __________.

• atmosphere

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• stratosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Sediments are ____________________.

• Mud and clay

• Broken pieces of rock

• Water

• Sand

• All of the above

__________ is molten rock flowing onto earth's surface

• Sediment

• Lava

• Basalt

• Magma

• Igneous

What increases as you travel closer to the Earth's center?

• weight & pressure

• temperature & pressure

• force & soil

• speed & sound

Each of the following are supporting pieces of evidence for plate tectonics EXCEPT:

• Paleomagnetism

• Formation of Pangea

• Earthquake patterns

• Ocean Drilling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The flow of rock through the Earth system is called the:

• water cycle

• energy

• rock cycle

• ground flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A boundary where two plates move apart is a:

• ridge boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary