Earth's Systems and Layers

____________ is described as a slightly flattened sphere with bulges at the equator.

• Earth

• Crust

• Geosphere

• Core

The following are systems of Earth except:

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

Density measure the amount of matter in a given amount of space. The measurements used include:

• length

• mass

• volume

• temperature

Earth's mantle is made of rock that is very hot that is a liquid, but behaves more like a:

• gas

• solid

• magnet

All the living things on Earth form the:

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

Earth's entire body is the:

• crust

• mantle

• core

• geosphere

Liquid water on earth including ground water like oceans, rivers, lakes, and liquid from the atmosphere forms the:

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atomosphere

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Frozen water on Earth forms a subsytem of the hydrosphere known as the:

• lithosphere

• athenosphere

• cryosphere

• glaciosphere

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Layers of gases that surround Earth are called the:

• biosphere

• atomosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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Earth's core is made of which metals?

• nickel

• aluminum

• zinc

• iron