Topic 2 Minerals and Rocks in the Geosphere

Vibrations that travel through Earth carry the energy released during an earthquake.

• Seismic Waves

• Eruptions

• Mantle Waves

• Crust Waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the main layers of the Earth?

• Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core

• Crust, Mantle, Bottom Core, Outer Core

• Surface , Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core

• Crust, Middle , Inner Core, Outer Core

true or false: temperature and pressure increase as you go deeper inside Earth

• True

• False

The uppermost layer of the mantle is called the

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What layer of Earth is thought to cause the magnetic field that we have on Earth?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

In the mantle there are convection currents that cause hot rock to __________ and cool rock to _________

• Sink/ Rise

• Rise/ Sink

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Crystal

True or False: In order for it to be a mineral it must be naturally occurring but does not need a crystalline structure

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again.

• Mineral

• Crystal

• Rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1