chapter 2

for billions of years what forces have been working to to form earths surface

• Wind and water and pressure

• Volcanic activity and earthquakes
• The spinning of the earth

• Solar radiation

Basic life on earth exists in the forms we know due to what

• Its distance from the sun

• Existence of the moon
• Presence of gold
• Existence of mountains

What does it mean to be the inner planets

• Planets that are closet to the sun

• Planets that are farther from the sun
• Planets that are in the middle of the solar system
• Planets that are Closest to the moon

what are the further outer planets

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Earth, Mars, Jupiter
• Venus, Earth, Mars

The inner planets are terrestrial with ________

• gaseous surfaces
• a solid, rocky crust

• liquid surfaces
• plasma surfaces

what are the outer planets called?

• Inner Planets
• Dwarf Planets
• Gas Giants
• close planets

what does the Earth's relation to the sun allow?

• It allows liquid water, as well as Earths plentiful life forms to exist

• It allows the Earth to have a moon
• It allows the Earth to have a magnetic field
• It allows the Earth to have a ring like Saturn

how many planets are there?

• 8
• 1

• 10
• 7

what % of earths surface is water and what makes it up?

• 70% of Earth's surface is water and it is made up of oceans, lakes, and rivers

• 50% of Earth's surface is water and it is made up of ponds

• 80% of Earth's surface is water and it is made up of only the ocean

• 60% of Earth's surface is water and it is made up of only lakes

what is earths crust called?

• Lithosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere