Earth Science STAAR

Takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle

• Mountain Formation

• Volcanic Mountains

• Rift Valleys

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Tectonic plates that slide past each

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subducting

Includes the crust and the uppermost mantle, which constitute the hard and rigid outer layer of the Earth; plates of the earth

• Asthenosphere

• Atmosphere

• Troposphere

• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere where convection of the mantle takes place

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Atmosphere

• Aroundasphere

Boundary type that creates mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes

• Divergent ocean-ocean

• Divergent continent-continent

• Convergent ocean-ocean

• Convergent ocean-continent

Boundary type most likely to create faults

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Determine the contour interval:

• 5 m

• 10 m

• 15 m

• 20 m

What do close contour lines represent on a map?

• waterfall

• steep area

• gradual area

• river

Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Sunny

• Calm

• Stormy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Oceans have a big impact on climate because they move _________ around the world

• trash

• heat

• water

• salt

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6