Unit 6 Vocabulary

What is the solid portion of the Earth?

• geosphere

• crust

• lithosphere

• mineral

What is the crust and uppermost part of the mantle that is brittle and rigid?

• geosphere

• crust

• lithosphere

• mantle

What is the brittle, rocky outer layer of the Earth?

• crust

• outer core

• magma

• lava

What is the asthenosphere?

• the solid portion of Earth

• the brittle, rocky outer layer of the Earth

• the partially melted portion of the mantle just below the lithosphere

• the thick, middle layer in the solid part of the Earth

What is the mantle?

• the innermost, solid layer of the Earth composed of mostly iron and nickel.

• an inorganic, naturally occurring solid composed minerals, rock fragments, and sometimes other materials such as organic matter

• the thick, middle layer in the solid part of the Earth

• the crust and uppermost part of the mantle that is brittle and rigid

What is the liquid layer of the Earth composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above solid, inner core and below the mantle?

• geosphere

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

What is the innermost, solid layer of the Earth composed of mostly iron and nickel?

• outer core

• inner core

• rock

• crust

What is an inorganic, naturally occurring solid that has a definite chemical composition?

• rock

• metamorphic rock

• mineral

• magma

What is a naturally occurring solid composed of minerals, rock fragments, and sometimes other materials such as organic matter?

• rock

• mineral

• metamorphic rock

• mantle

What is the rock that was once one form of rock but has changed due to the influence of intense heat and pressure?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• lava