Science Test 7.1-7.5

the study of the earth and its structure

• geology

• biology

• meteorology

A scientist who studies the earth is called _______.

• meteorologist

• geologist

the imaginary line around the earth equally distant from the poles

• equator

• axis

half of the sphere

• hemisphere

• equator

• axis

a solid layer of rock that begins beneath the soil

• crust

• mantle

• core

layer of the earth beneath the crust

• mantle

• core

• magma

hot, liquid rock

• magma

• mantle

There are two kinds of crust: the continental crust and the oceanic crust.

• True

• False

the innermost part of the earth

• crust

• mantle

• core

The oceans are the earth´s largest bodies of water.

• True

• False