Layers of Earth Vocabulary

A characteristic of the material in the athenosphere; existing in a solid state yet having the ability to flow.

• physical property

• pressure

• plasticity

• density

The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithosperic plates

'float" and move on this layer.

• chemical composition

• crust

• mantle

• asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The divisions of the composition of earth determined by either chemical composition or the physical state of matter.

• Earth's layers

• States of matter

• Lithosphere

• Chemical composition

A characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the substance.

• Pressure

• Physical property

• Crust

• States of matter

The amount of matter in a given space or volume.

• Crust

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Density

The sphere of solid nickel and iron at the center of the earth: surrounded by the liquid outer core.

• Crust

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Mantle

Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit).

• Chemical composition

• Plasticity

• Temperature

• States of matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The types, quantities, and arrangements of elements that make up a substance.

• Chemical composition

• Density

• Pressure

• States of matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: solid, liquid, and gas: also referred to as phases.

• Chemical composition

• States of matter

• Pressure

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth: is either continental or oceanic.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Pressure

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1