Earth's Structure

What is the thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the portion of the system of Earth that includes Earth’s interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth’s surface?

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the layer of Earth that is made of liquid nickel and iron and surrounds the inner core?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Which layer is the solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

The surface of the earth, otherwise known as the ______, is broken into seven major pieces and sits atop a liquid layer called the _______

• lithosphere, asthenosphere

• astenosphere, mantle

• crust, litosphere

• asthenosphere, lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Label the layers of the earth

c

b

d

a

Crust

Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

What process describes the movement of continental and oceanic plates on the Earth's surface?

(a)  

• Erosion

• Plate Tectonics

• Volcanism

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

​ (a)   is when rocks are no longer brittle and they begin to flow

• Plastic

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

Which of these boxes represents the hydrosphere?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these boxes represents the atmosphere?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6