Unit 7 - Earth's Layers Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: The rock portion of Earth, made up of four different layers, is called the _________.

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earth's rigid outer layer, made up of the crust and solid, upper mantle that is broken into plates that move on top of the asthenosphere, is called the _________?

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Core

• Mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The soft, slow-moving, semi-molten layer beneath the lithosphere is called the _________

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mesosphere

• Crust

Fill in the blank: Heat-driven movements where hotter, less dense material rises and cooler, more dense material sinks are called _________

• Convection Currents

• Thermal Expansion

• Radiation Waves

• Evaporation Flows

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Fill in the blank: The layer beneath Earth's crust that is mostly less solid than the crust is called the _________.

• Mantle

• Core

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly over the mantle are called ________.

• Tectonic Plates

• Continental Shelves

• Oceanic Ridges

• Mantle Plumes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The cracks in the Earth’s crust that mark the boundary between tectonic plates are called ________.

• Fault

• Ridges

• Valleys

• Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Melted rock beneath Earth's surface is called ________.

• Magma

• Lava

• Sediment

• Granite

Solid material turned to liquid by heat is called ________.

• Molten

• Frozen

• Crystalline

• Powdered

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Magma that has reached the surface of Earth is called ________.

• Lava

• Granite

• Basalt

• Obsidian