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Earth's Layers

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What is a sphere? Is shaped like a ball, with all points on the surface at an equal distance from the center.
What is the geosphere? Earth's entire solid body.
What is gravity? The force that every object exerts on every other object because of their masses.
Name the Earth's systems that interact with each other? Atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and the cryosphere.
What is density? The amount of mass in a material per unit volume.
The solar system is formed from a could of gas, ice and dust is called? Nebula
What system is called the frozen water? Cryosphere
What is the name of the deepest well that took 20 years in the making? Kola
What type to technology was used to analyze the Earth's interior? Earthquake waves
What layer of the earth is brittle, and has a thin layer? The crust
The layer of the earth is about 83% in volume? Mantle
The crust under oceans is called what? Oceanic crust
Which type of crust is less dense? Continental crust
The rigid part of the mantle is called? lithosphere
The plastic layer of the earth is called? Asthenosphere
The word plastic refers to materials that are what? Soft enough to flow
Which part of the Earth's interior is a liquid? Outer Core
The inner cores material is what metal? Iron
What is the four layers of the Earth? Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core
The dense metallic center of the Earth is what? Core
The asthenosphere is part of which of Earth's layers? mantle
What force gave Earth's it's spherical shape? Gravity
Earth's magnetic field is produced by the movement of molten materials that is found where? Core
Topographic features formed by processes that shaped Earth's surface is called? Landforms
What describes the height above sea level? Elevation
What term is used to describe differences in elevation? Relief
What landform has high elevation and high relief? Mountains
What landform has low elevation and low relief? Plains
What is the landform has low relief and high elevation? Plateaus
The costal plains can be found in what parts of the United states? East coast and Gulf coast
Flat grassy areas are called what? Great plains
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