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Earth Science Ch 2
Earth Science Ch 2
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1
As you go down toward the center of the Earth, temperature
decreases
increases
stayes the same
2
What layer spins fast, causing waves in another layer, to cause the magentiosphere?
outer core
mantle
inner core
crust
3
The height above sea level of a certain area is known as what?
elevation
cross section
slope
relief
4
What is the layer indicated by number 2?
crust
outer core
inner core
mantle
5
What is the layer indicated by number 3?
mantle
outer core
crust
inner core
6
Mountains have
high elevation and high relief
low elivation and high relief
low elivation and low relief
high elevation and low relief
7
What is topography?
the shape of geographis area
a type of television
the kind of rocks in an area
the composition of Earth's layers
8
What is all of the frozen water on Earth's surace?
hydrosphere
cryosphere
geosphere
atmosphere
9
What is the layer indicated by number 1?
outer core
inner core
crust
mantle
10
Earth's entire solid body is the ____________?
atmosphere
cryosphere
geosphere
hydrosphere
11
Plains have
high elevation and high relief
low elivation and low relief
low elivation and high relief
high elevation and low relief
12
What is the layer indicated by number 4?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
13
As you go down toward the center of the Earth, pressure
stayes the same
decreases
increases
14
How long ago was the Earth formed?
<p>4.7 million years ago</p>
2 million years ago
4.7 billion years ago
2 billion years ago
15
Plataues have
low elivation and high relief
high elevation and high relief
high elevation and low relief
low elivation and low relief
16
What is the Biosphere?
all non-living things on Earth
all of the humans on Earth
all living things on Earth
all of the bacteria on Earth
17
What is water on Earth's surface, water underground, and liquid water in the atmosphere?
geosphere
cryosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
18
Topographic features formed by the process that shaped the Earth's surface are called?
continents
oceans
landforms
rivers
19
What is the layer of gas surrounding the Earth?
geosphere
cryosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
20
The change in elevation in an area is known as its what?
slope
evolution
elevation
relief
