click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Earth: Our Home
NewsELA article
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Terrestrial planets | made up of rock or metal |
| harbor | a place of shelter or refuge |
| rotation | a spin |
| tilt | a slope |
| Hemisphere | half a sphere |
| sustaining | to keep going |
| collision | to crash into something |
| crust | rigid outer layer of the earth |
| mantle | layer below the crust that is made of hot, molten rock |
| outer core | mostly liquid iron and other metals |
| inner core | solid iron, nickel and other metals; hottest, most dense layer |