Spherical Earth Vocabulary

What is the plastic layer in the mantle?

• lithosphere

• upper mantle

• lower mantle

• asthenosphere

The dense metallic center of Earth?

• core

• mantle

• crust

• lithosphere

What is the amount of mass in a material per unit volume?

• density

• volume

• mass

• gravity

What is the solid part of the Earth

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• cryosphere

What is the force that every object exerts on every other object?

• density

• mass

• volume

• gravity

What is a topographic feature formed by processes that shape the Earth

• mountain

• landform

• plain

• topography

What is the rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the crust and the uppermost mantle

• asthenosphere

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• lithosphere

What is the outer part of Earth's magnetic field that interacts with charged particles

• magnetosphere

• geosphere

• cryosphere

• lithosphere

What is a landform with high relief and high elevation

• mountain

• plain

• plateau

• coastal plains

What is a landform with low relief and low elevation?

• mountain

• plain

• plateau

• rain forest