Elements of Earth and the Atmosphere
Earth's Layers
Rock Cycle
Layers of the Atmosphere
Vocabulary
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Earth's oceans contain several elements that are considered salts. What are the chemical names of the two most abundant?
Chlorine and Sodium
100
A student made a model to illustrate the layers of the Earth.
Which layers make up the asthenosphere?
Upper mantle
100
What type of rocks is formed as a result of volcanic activity?
Igneous
100
In what layer of the atmosphere would you find satellites?
Exosphere
100
The deposition of solid material from being suspended in a fluid (water)
Sedimentation
200
Which element is the lightest element, makes up 75% of the universe, and its chemical symbol is H?
Hydrogen
200
A student is building a model of the Earth. The student is working on constructing the lithosphere. The lithosphere made of the —
crust and upper mantle
200
Which rock type would be reduced if weathering or erosion did not occur?
Sedimentary rock
200
What layer of the atmosphere is the coldest?
Mesosphere
200
The quality of being easily shaped or molded
Plasticity
300
There are 117 elements on the Periodic Table of Elements. All living things are mostly made of only four of these elements. What are they?
H, N, O, C
300
What is the collective term for all the parts of earth in which life exists?
biosphere
300
Metamorphic rock is most likely found -
deep underground.
300
In what layer of the atmosphere do commercial airplanes fly?
Stratosphere
300
The central region of the Earth; primarily made of nickel and iron
The core
400
What the two most abundant elements by mass found in Earth's crust?
Silicon and Oxygen
400
The above chart shows the layers of the Earth's atmosphere. Examine the chart and answer the question.
According to the table, a height of 60 km above the Earth's surface would be part of which section of the atmosphere?
Mesosphere
400
A group of students found metamorphic rocks near a campsite. The presence of metamorphic rocks is most likely evidence of —
high pressure
400
In what layer of the atmosphere do space shuttles orbit?
Thermosphere
400
Having the qualities of both a solid and a liquid; exceptionally thick substance
Semi-solid
500
What gas makes up the majority of our atmosphere?
Nitrogen
500
The graphic below illustrates the structural layers of the Earth.
List the layers in the correct order from the center of Earth to the outermost layer of Earth?
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
500
Which type of rock was once melted but is now cooled and hardened?
igneous
500
What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
500
Process by which overlying pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments
Compaction