Earth's Interior
What is the mantle?
This is the shape of the Earth.
What is a sphere?
Similar composition to the outer layers of the Earth provides evidence that this celestial body was created by crashing into earth 4.5 billion years ago
What is the Moon?
These are the three major types of landforms
What are Mountains, Plains, and Plateaus?
This is the most common Landform on Earth
What are plains?
This part of the mantle is so hot that the rocks are called plastic as they are solid but also flow.
What is the asthenosphere?
This is how much water covers Earth's surface?
What is 70%
Water Vapor can be found in this sphere of the Earth
What is the Hydrosphere?
Through the power of erosion this type of surface water created chasms such as the Grand Canyon
What are Rivers?
What are liquid, solid, and gas?
This layer of Earth is solid and comprised of iron and nickel
What is the inner core
All of Earth's frozen water makes up this sphere of the Earth
What is the Cryosphere?
These are the three main gasses in Earth's Atmosphere
This is the largest Gulf in the world
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This physical property is the reason that the layers of the Earth sit on top of each other and are comprised of different material.
What is density?
This part of the Earth is defined as the Earth's crust and the solid part of the upper mantle
What is the lithosphere?
This is defined as the difference between the highest evaluation of a landform and the lowest elevation of a landform
What is Relief
These are thought to have brought water to early Earth
What are asteroids?
While predominately found near the poles, ___________, can be found near the Equator on the tops of mountains.
What are Glaciers?
By studying this natural phenomenon scientists were able to determine the Earth has a liquid outer core and a solid inner core
What are Earthquakes?
These two physical properties increase with depth as you go deeper into the earth
What is Temperature and Pressure?
Due to the composition of the Earth's core this natural phenomenon protects Earth's Atmosphere from solar winds
What is the Magnetic field
A greater amount of mass and a shorter distance strengthens this force
What is Gravity?
These two plains are found along the east coast of the united states
What are the Atlantic Coastal Plain (Atlantic Plains) and the Gulf Coast Plains?
This Plateau sits in between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Piedmont Plateau?