Earth's Interior, Minerals, and Rocks

All of the water in the air, oceans, rivers, lakes, ice caps, soil, rocks, and organisms of Earth.

• biosphere

• fresh water

• atmoshpere

• hydrosphere

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Portion of Earth’s system that includes Earth’s interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth’s surface.

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

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A layer of gas surrounding planet Earth, held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements, primarily nitrogen and oxygen.

• biosphere

• salt water

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

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Which layer of Earth is mostly a rocky shell?

• Mantle
• Crust
• Inner Core
• Outer Core

Which is the correct order of layers of Earth from center to surface?

• outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Diamond is the hardest mineral.

• True

• False

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rocks formed by heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface are...

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• magma

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

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Rock formed from materials that have settles into layers from weathering

• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock

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