Elba Environmental Science Dynamic Earth

The solid part of Earth that includes all rocks and soils on Earth's surface

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

(Select all that apply) Which of the following are the three main layers of Earth?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Magma

• Core

solid layer of the mantle that the tectonic plates float on top

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Mesosphere

• Asthenosphere

Outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and rigid upper layer of the mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Mesosphere

The outside layer of the earth is called ______________________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• outer core

The inner most layer of the Earth is known as the?

• crust

• mantle

• core

• moraine

What results from the following - tectonic plates collide, the crust becomes thicker and pushes up

• mountain range

• river bed

• oceanic trench

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which layer is shown in yellow?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

A break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of crust slide relative to each other

• mesosphere

• fault

• volcano

• seismic wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the result of the following; a mountain that is build when magma rises from Earth's interior to its surface

• Fault

• Mountain

• Volcano

• Seismic Wave