Earth's Major Systems Vocabulary

The inner layer of Earth

• crust

• mantle

• core

• seed

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NGSS.5-ESS2-1

The inner layer of the Earth's core, made of solid iron and nickel

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

The outer layer of the Earth's core, made of molten iron and nickel

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

The largest of Earth's layers found below the surface

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

The outer surface of Earth that includes land masses

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The lowest level of the atmosphere, where clouds form and weather occurs

• troposphere

• ozone layer

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A layer of gas in the stratosphere that protects life by absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays

• ozone layer

• octagon layer

• octopus layer

• orange layer

The second layer of the atmosphere, which contains the ozone layer that protects Earth from the sun's rays

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

A form of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun

• heat

• light

• UV Radiation

• Unknown Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The third layer of the atmosphere

• troposohere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere