Geology Vocabulary - Part 1

This contains all of the air in Earth’s system.  It extends from the Earth’s surface to 10,000 km above Earth’s surface.

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

This contains all of Earth’s living things including plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

This contains all of Earth’s solid, liquid, and gaseous water including water in rivers, lakes, oceans, and ice caps.

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

This contains all of Earth’s rocks and land including the four Earth layers,rocks, and mountains.

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

Thickest Earth layer found just under the crust.  Convection currents in this layer cause the surface of the Earth to move and change.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

This layer is made of liquid iron and nickel and creates Earth’s magnetic field.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Outermost (outside) layer of the Earth where we live.  This is the thinnest layer of the Earth

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Layer at the center of Earth. Layer is made of solid iron, and is as hot at the Sun.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the Hydrosphere.

• All of the Earth

• All of the Air

• All of the life.

• All of the Water

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What is the atmosphere?

• The air.

• The water.

• The earth.

• The life.

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