Earth Review

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

• increases

• decreases

• goes up and down depending on the layer

• stays the same

Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth

• increases

• decreases 

• goes up or down depending on the layer

• stays the same

Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?

• asthenosphere

• crust

• lithosphere

• inner core

Which compositional layer is number 2?

• Mesosphere

• Mantle

• Core

• Lithosphere

Which mechanical/physical layer is letter C?

• Mesosphere/Lower Mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Outer Core

• Lithosphere

The name of the Super Continent Wegener proposed

• Wakanda

• Pandora

• Pangaea

• Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why did scientists not believe in Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift?

• He could give evidence the continents moved, he just couldn't explain HOW.

• He had no evidence to back up his theory.

• He was crazy and they all knew it.

• Everyone did believe him and he lived happily ever after.

Which was NOT a piece of evidence used by Wegener to support his theory of Continental Drift?

• The fossils of plants and animals found on continents now separated by oceans.

• Rocks and landforms on various continents that have the same age and composition.

• The edges of continents (especially S. America and Africa) fit together like puzzle pieces.

• None of these-all 3 were evidence Wegener used!

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

the beginning of summer or winter: days on which the hours of daylight are longest or shortest

• eclipse

• solstice

• ellipse

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

beginning of spring and fall; days on which hours of daylight equal hours of darkness

• lunar eclipse

• solstice

• eclipse

• equinox