Sphere Vocabulary

Question 1

Geosphere

Answer 1

The mostly solid part of earth consisting in all rock as well as the jolls and loose rocks on earths surface

Question 2

Hydrosphere

Answer 2

Makes up all water on or near earths surface

Question 3

Crust

Answer 3

The thin and solid outermost layer of earths mantle

Question 4

Mantle

Answer 4

The layer of rock between crust and core

Question 5

Core

Answer 5

The central part of the earth below the mantle

Question 6

Lithosphere

Answer 6

The solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigged upper part of the mantle

Question 7

Asthenosphere

Answer 7

The solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath lithosphere

Question 8

Tectonic plates

Answer 8

A block of lithosphere divided into pieces that slide against eachother

Question 9

Chemical weathering

Answer 9

Wears down rocks making them smooth as time passes

Question 10

Corrosion

Answer 10

the process of corroding metal, stone, or other materials.

Question 11

Atmosphere

Answer 11

Mixture of gasses that earth is surrounded by

Question 12

Troposphere

Answer 12

Atmosphere layer near earth where weather occurs

Question 13

Stratosphere

Answer 13

Above trophosphere, contains all ozone

Question 14

Radiation

Answer 14

the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles that cause ionization.

Question 15

Conduction

Answer 15

the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material

Question 16

Biosphere

Answer 16

Narrow layer around earth where life can exist

Question 17

Precipitation

Answer 17

Rain sleet snow or hail