Geosphere

What is the geosphere?

• The most solid part of our planet, including the surface and everything beneath it

• A layer of gas beneath the Earth's surface

• The layer of the Earth that is made of water

• The atmosphere surrounding the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How deep would we have to dig to reach the center of the Earth?

• About 10,000 kilometers

• Less than 500 kilometers

• Exactly 1,000 kilometers

• More than 6,000 kilometers

What are the three concentric layers of the geosphere?

• The ocean, the land, and the sky

• The lithosphere, the asthenosphere, and the mesosphere

• The rivers, the mountains, and the valleys

• The crust, the mantle, and the core

What is the lithosphere?

• A layer that contains the crust and the upper mantle

• The outermost layer of the atmosphere

• The liquid part of the Earth's core

• The deepest part of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes earthquakes and tsunamis?

• The gravitational pull of the moon

• The rotation of the Earth around the sun

• The movement and collision of tectonic plates

• Volcanic eruptions under the sea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is magma?

• Water that has been heated by the Earth's core

• Molten rock that comes out of a volcano

• The liquid part of the Earth's core

• A type of rock found only in the mantle

What is the temperature of the Earth's core?

• 6000 degrees Celsius

• 100 degrees Celsius

• 1000 degrees Celsius

• The same as the surface of the Earth