9WKS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

A sphere of very hot metal at the center of Earth is called the _____________.

• inside
• inner
• core
• oven

The ____________ is a thick, rocky layer around the core.

• mantle
• outside
• magma
• equionx

The layer of rocks and minerals that surrounds the mantle is called the ____________.

• outside
• crust
• erosion
• weathering

_____________ is a process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces.

• Weathering
• erosion
• jetstream
• mudflow

_____________ is the process of depositing, or dropping, eroded material.

• Deposition
• erosions
• sustain

________ are seams in Earth’s crust.

• faults

• mantle

• core

• crust

Molten rock

• lava
• magma
• metal

_____________ is a process involving huge blocks of Earth’s crust and upper mantle.

• tectonic plates
• Plate tectonics
• lava
• stream

________process in which water, ice, or wind remove small pieces of rock and move them somewhere else.

• sediment
• weathering
• erosion
• chemical

is the study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth, our home planet.

• Geography
• World History
• Science