Physical Characteristics of the Earth Vocabulary Review

The spinning of a planet or moon on its axis

• atmosphere

• rotation

• mantle

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The solid rock that makes up the outer layer of Earth

• core

• mantle

• crust

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The center of the Earth

• atmosphere

• crust

• mantle

• core

An imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of the Earth

• axis

• atmosphere

• mantle

• core

The pocket of air that surrounds the Earth

• core

• atmosphere

• mantle

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The layer of hot, flowing rocks beneath Earth's crust

• core

• axis

• mantle

• atmosphere

Crust

• the center of the Earth

• The spinning of a planet or moon on its axis

• the solid rock that makes up the outer layer of Earth

• the layer of hot, flowing rocks beneath Earth's crust

Axis

• an imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole

• The pocket of air that surrounds the Earth

• the center of the Earth

• the solid rock that makes up the outer layer of Earth

Rotation

• the pocket of air that surrounds the Earth

• the center of the Earth

• the solid rock that makes up the outer layer of Earth

• the spinning of a planet or moon on its axis

Atmosphere

• the center of the Earth

• the pocket of air that surrounds the Earth

• the layer of hot, flowing rocks beneath Earth's crust

• the spinning of a planet or moon on its axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6