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Earth spheres, changes of Earth's surface, rocks, and minerals

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What are the four spheres of Earth?

geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere

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What is the geosphere?

rocky part of Earth

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What are the three layers of the geosphere?

crust, mantle, and core

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What is the crust?

outermost layer of the geosphere; where life exists

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What is the mantle?

layer below the crust; contains molten rocks called magma

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What is magma?

molten rocks

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What is the core?

innermost layer of the geosphere

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Is the outer core solid or liquid?

liquid

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Is the inner core solid or liquid?

solid

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What is the atmosphere?

layer of gases that surrounds earth; made up of air

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What is the biosphere?

all living things and places where they live

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What is the hydrosphere?

all the Earth's waters

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What causes changes in the landforms of the Earth's surface?

internal energy due to the high temperatures of the Earth's interior

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What forms volcanoes?

magma flows out through cracks of the Earth's surface

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What do underwater volcanoes create? Give an example.

islands; Islas Canarias

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What is formed when Earth's internal energy causes parts of the crust to rise?

mountain ranges

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