Earth Vocab 1B Review

The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.

• Core

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Fact

The central or innermost portion of the earth, lying below the mantle and probably consisting of iron and nickel.

• Mantle

• Silicates

• Core

• Geology

The outermost portion of the earth, lying above the mantle and consisting of a great variety of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks is called:

• Crust

• Geology

• Hydrosphere

• Mantle

A measure of mass per volume is known as:

• Fact

• Lithosphere

• Density

• Meteorite

Any observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and accepted as true is called a:

• Geology

• Fact

• Theory

• Core

The science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it is called:

• Geology

• Hydrosphere

• Fact

• Theory

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What is the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle called?

• Hydrosphere

• magnetic feild

• Silicates

• Geosphere

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All of earth's water, including surface water, groundwater, snow cover, ice, as well as water in the atmosphere, is known as the:

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Geosphere

• Geology

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The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle, is called:

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Meteorite

• Theory

A place in space near a magnet or an electric current where a physical field is created from a moving electric charge that creates force on another moving electric charge is known as:

• Magnetic Field

• Mantle

• Meteorite

• Seismic waves

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