Intro to Earth - Spheres & Layers

Earth's crust is thicker (about 25 miles) under here

These plates or pieces of the lithosphere are like a puzzle covering the surface of the earth

What often occurs at the boundaries between two tectonic plates?

Solid part of core made mostly of iron that is under intense pressure

A geyser would be part of which sphere?

A cat would be part of Earth's

Most of the water on earth is

Waves that travel through earth as a result of an earthquake or explosion

Water of the earth in oceans, lakes and streams

Which gas is the most abundant in our atmosphere?

A mineral like gold would be part of Earth's

Liquid part of core whose currents cause earth's magnetic field

Rigid layer made of both crust and upper mantle

Solid parts of the earth (layers, rock, minerals)

Most of Earth's fresh water is

Frozen water of the earth in glaciers, ice caps, permafrost

Made up of all that is living on earth from the smallest bacterium to the largest whale

Lava would be part of which sphere?

Thickest layer of the earth, upper part is rigid, lower is plastic-like

The inner core is believed to be as hot as the surface of what?

Which part of the egg is most like our crust?

Gases that surround the earth

Earth's crust is thinner (about 3-5 miles) under here