Unit 2: Introduction to Earth Science

Which layer is a solid ball of metal and is hotter than the surface of the sun?

Which layer of Earth has the most mass and is mostly semisolid rock?

Who studies the atmosphere and predicts storms?

Who studies waves and currents? 

Who studies soil, rocks, and minerals?

What do we call the part of Earth that is water? (oceans, lakes, rivers, ice caps)

What do we call the gases that surround Earth?

What is the outside layer of the Earth called?

Which layer is made of liquid metal?  (iron and nickel)

Who studies meteors, stars, and other planets?

What is the solid part of Earth called? (continents and ocean bottom)

What do we call the part of Earth that supports life?  (where organisms can live)