Structure of the Earth

All of the living things on the Earth

• Biosphere
• Atmosphere
• The continents
• Hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The liquid water on Earth

• hydrosphere
• cryosphere
• thermosphere
• aquasphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The layer of gases surrounding the Earth

• Hydrosphere
• Cryosphere
• Oxyosphere
• Atmosphere

The outermost layer of the Earth that contains the continents and the oceans.

• mantle
• crust
• outer core
• inner core

The layer of rock between the Earth's core and crust.

• outer core
• crust
• inner core
• mantle

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Liquid metal layer that surrounds the Earth's inner core.

• inner core
• crust
• outer core
• mantle

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Solid metal layer at the center of the Earth.

• mantle
• outer core
• inner core
• crust

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

The plates that make up the Earth's crust that are responsible for continental drift.

• continental crust
• oceanic crust
• geologist
• tectonic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

We live on the core of the Earth.

• True
• False

The outer core is liquid.

• True
• False