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The solid parts of Earth, including rocks, soil and the layers inside Earth
What is Geosphere
A force that pulls objects with mass toward each other.
The amount of mass in a certain volume or amount of space.
Density
Earth's thin, rocky outer layer.
What is Crust
Earth's stiff outer layer , made of the crust and the uppermost mantle. It is broken into plates.
What is Lithosphere
A hot, mostly solid part of the upper mantle beneath the lithosphere that can bend and flow slowly.
What is Asthenosphere
Earth's central layer, made mostly of iron and nickel. The outer core is liquid; the inner core is solid
What is Core
What is Magnetosphere
A natural feature of Earth's surface.
What is Landform
A broad area mostly flat or gently rolling land.
What is an Plain
A broad area of mostly flat land raised above surrounding land.
What is a Plateau
A landform that rises high above the surrounding land, usually with steep slopes.
What is Mountain
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a specific chemical makeup and an orderly arrangement of atoms.
A mineral containing silicon and oxygen.
What is Silicate
Melted rock beneath Earth surface.
What is Magma
Melted rock that has reached Earth's surface
What is Lava
A scientist who studies minerals
What is a Mineralogist
The way light reflects from a mineral's surface
What is a Luster
The color of a mineral's powder
A mineral's ability to resist being scratched.
What is hardness
A mineral's tendency to break along smooth, flat surfaces.
The way a mineral breaks when it does not break along cleavage surfaces.
Rock or other natural material containing enough valuable minerals to be mined for a profit
What is Ore
What is Gemstone