Minerals and Rocks in the Geosphere

Which of the layers of the geosphere is the most dense?

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Mantle

• Crust

what is the most important component in the continental crust?

• granite

• basalt

• iron

• nickel

This rock is the main component of the mantle, and it is very rich in the mineral olivine

what is the layer with more depth?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust

• True

• False

what is the highest?

• canyons

• continental slopes

• shields

There can be canyons both in land and under water

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Japan is an example of an island...

the deepest relief of the ocean crust is...

• guyots

• ocean trenches

• abyssal plains

• neritic zone

It is an underwater inactive volcano: