FAC#4 Earth’s Interior Vocabulary (2-4)

What is the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats?

• asthenosphere

• crust

• geosphere

• mantle

What is the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface?

• asthenosphere

• crust

• geosphere

• mantle

What is the measure of how tightly packed the particles are in a substance?

• density

• geology

• pressure

• basalt

What is the study of the Earth and what it is made of?

• density

• geology

• pressure

• basalt

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the densest parts of Earth that includes the crust, mantle, and core?

• geosphere

• innercore

• outercore

• granite

What is a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth?

• geosphere

• innercore

• outercore

• granite

What is a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• outercore

• granite

What is the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• outercore

• granite

What is a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• outercore

• granite

What is a type of dark gray to black rock?

• basalt

• granite

• geology

• density