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Temperatures in this area heat up or cool down more quickly than others (MS-ESS3-5)

• Region 1

• Region 2

• Region 3

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The water cycle can affect weather and ecosystems in a variety of ways. What part of the water cycle most closely relates to each description below? (MS-ESS2-6)

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Storage

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The water cycle can affect weather and ecosystems in a variety of ways. What part of the water cycle most closely relates to each description below? (MS-ESS2-6)

The water level in a lake increases after weeks of heavy rains.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Storage

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Based on the images a student claims that higher altitudes have lower temperatures. Choose the piece(s) of evidence that supports this claim. (Choose 2 below) (MS-ESS1-1)

• One side of the mountain seems to have more plant growth than the other, which probably means more precipitation.

• The tops of mountains have snow even when the lower areas do not.

• Snow forms and stays at lower temperatures.

• The areas that are more brown have less plant growth, which probably means less precipitation.

• Snowfall in the mountains melts faster than in the valleys.

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

• Divergent Oceanic

• Divergent Continental

• Convergent Oceanic

• Transform

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The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip

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The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

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In some areas of the world, like California and Japan, earthquakes are a common occurrence. How can this best be explained?

• The strong ocean currents are undermining both areas causing earthquakes.

• Both areas are located near the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the unstable sand causes earthquakes.

• Both areas are subjected to strong ocean wind and waves that causes earthquakes.

• Both areas are on the boundary of active plates, the motion of the plates causes earthquakes.

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Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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