GCSE-Earth-Satellites

Question 1

The most central layer of the Earth is the …?

Answer 1

inner core

Question 2

The second layer of the Earth out from the centre is the …?

Answer 2

outer core

Question 3

The third layer of the Earth out from the centre is the …?

Answer 3

mantle

Question 4

The fourth layer of the Earth out from the centre is the …?

Answer 4

crust

Question 5

The Earth’s crust is made mostly from …?

Answer 5

basalt rock

Question 6

The Earth’s mantle is made mostly from silica and minerals of iron, magnesium and other…?

Answer 6

metals

Question 7

The Earth’s core is made from …?

Answer 7

Iron and Nickel

Question 8

The name given to the layer of the Earth made up of the crust and the solid portion of the upper mantle is the …?

Answer 8

lithosphere

Question 9

The time taken for a geosynchronous satellite to complete one orbit of the Earth

Answer 9

24 hours

Question 10

The orbit of a geosynchronous satellite must be directly above the …?

Answer 10

equator

Question 11

Geosynchronous satellites are used for …?

Answer 11

communications