Earth's Spheres and Internal Structure Unit Test

What is the Earth's atmosphere?

• All the air on the Earth

• All the water in the Earth

• All the ground on the Earth

What is the Earth's Biosphere?

• All of the fish on the Earth

• All living things on Earth

• All rocks on the Earth

• All water on Earth

The word geosphere means?

• All of the air on Earth

• All living things on Earth

• All solid land in Earth's crust.

• All water on Earth

What is the Hydrosphere?

• all air on Earth

• all living things on Earth

• all solid land in Earth's crust

• all water on Earth

Which of the following is NOT part of the Earth's Geosphere?

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

• All of the answers can be found in the geosphere

True or False: Water in the hydrosphere can be solid

• True

• False

Which state of water causes the air to be humid?

• gaseous state

• liquid state

• solid state

• plasma state

Which layer of the atmosphere is the highest up?

• Exosphere

• • Mesosphere

• • Thermosphere

• • Troposphere

Which of Earth's interior layers is liquid iron?

• Inner core
• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core

What happens to P waves when they reach the outer core?

• They continue at the same speed and direction
• They disappear completely
• They split into multiple waves
• They slow down because it is liquid.