Layers of the Earth
What is the name of the centre of the Earth?
The Inner Core
What part of the Earth do we walk and live on?
Lithosphere
What does the atmosphere give us to breathe?
Air
What sphere includes all water on Earth?
Hydrosphere
What do we call all living things on Earth? Where do they all live?
Biosphere
Which layer is made of melted metal and helps create Earth’s magnetic field?
Outer core
What rock type is created when heat and pressure change a rock?
Metamorphic
What amazing lights are seen in the thermosphere?
Auroras (Northern/Southern lights)
What kind of water is found in oceans?
Saltwater
True or False: You can find life in water, air, and underground.
True
What is the thickest layer of Earth?
Mantle
Which type of rock forms when magma cools?
Igneous rock
Which layer is where weather happens?
Troposphere
What is water underground called?
Groundwater
What rainforest has the most biodiversity in the world?
the Amazon Rainforest
What is the outermost layer where we live?
The Crust
What are rocks called when they are made by pressing small pieces together?
Sedimentary
Which layer burns up meteors?
Mesosphere
What do we call frozen parts of the hydrosphere?
Cryosphere
What do we call the variety of plants and animals in one area?
Biodiversity
Which two layers make up the lithosphere?
The crust and the upper mantle
What do we call the top layer of Earth where plants grow?
Soil
What protects us from the Sun’s harmful rays?
Ozone layer in the stratosphere
What is a large glacier called that covers over 50,000 square km?
Ice sheet
Where on Earth is biodiversity the greatest? (Not a place but a location)
near the equator