Env Science Ch 3 Terms

1.  The solid part of the Earth that consists of rock and extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.

• Lithosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Asthenosphere

Earth’s thin outermost layer above the mantle.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• Ozone

1. The layer between Earth's crust and core, makes up 64% of Earth's mass

• Core

• Erosion

• Crust

• Mantle

1. Earth’s innermost layer, below the mantle

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Salinity

1. Earth’s outer layer that is cool and rigid and includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Core

1.  The layer beneath the lithosphere; a plastic, solid layer of the mantle made of rock that flows very slowly and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it

• Atmosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Troposphere

• Tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Blocks of lithosphere consisting of crust and outermost part of the mantle; glide across the asthenosphere below

• Atmosphere

• Condensation

• Greenhouse effect

• Tectonic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The removal and transport of surface material by natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity

• Erosion

• Mantle

• Ozone

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Mixture of gases (nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and others) that surrounds the Earth

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Tropsphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

1.  Lowest layer of the atmosphere where temperature drops at a constant rate as altitude increases

• Atmosphere

• Troposhere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere