Science Benchmark Assessment

Tectonic plates only move by sliding past each other.

• True
• False

Tectonic plates move quickly, so mountains take only a few years to form.

• True
• False

A meteorologist is trying to determine if a storm is approaching.  What instrument would he use to determine the change in air pressure?

• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Weather Vane

One day on Earth is equivalent to: 

• One revolution
• One rotation
• One elliptical

The layer of Earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle is known as the: 

• Atmosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere

The one day of the year with the longest amount of sunlight is: 

• Vernal Equinox
• Summer Solstice
• Summer Equinox

The action that takes place at a convergent boundary: 

•  Creates Earthquakes
• Forms Mountains/ Volcanoes/ Deep Ocean Trenches
• Forms Rift Valleys/ Mid-Ocean Ridge

The action that takes place at a divergent boundary: 

• Creates Earthquakes
• Forms Mountains/ Volcanoes/ Deep Ocean Trenches
• Forms Rift Valleys/ Mid-Ocean Ridge

The action that takes place at a transform boundary: 

• Creates Earthquakes
• Forms Mountains/ Volcanoes/ Deep Ocean Trenches
• Forms Rift Valleys/ Mid-Ocean Ridge

What is Pangaea?

• Super Continent 
• Feature formed on land
• Type of water formation
• Type of Storm