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  • What are the two parts of the mantle?
    upper and lower mantle
  • ________ is the breakdown of landforms
    Erosion
  • True or False: The innermost layer of the geosphere is called the mantle.
    False. It is the core.
  • What is Mesosphere made up of?
    It's made of molten materials called magma.
  • What are the three layers of geosphere according to the chemical composition?
    crust, mantle, core
  • What are the three types of tecnonic plates?
    Continental, Oceanic, Mixed
  • Water, living things, wind, and temperature are examples of ___________ ____________.
    External agents
  • The ______ is the outermost layer of the geosphere.
    crust
  • What are the three layers according to the rigidity of the geosphere's materials?
    Lithosphere, Mesosphere, and Endosphere.
  • The ________ is the innermost layer of the geosphere.
    core
  • ___________ is the movement of eroded materials.
    Transportation
  • What is the process of creating elevated landforms/mountains?
    Orogenesis
  • A type of plate that is composed of land and seabed
    Mixed plates
  • What is the mantle made up of?
    semi-molten and molten materials
  • It's the innermost layer and coincides with the core
    Endosphere
  • The _________ is the middle layer of the geosphere.
    mantle
  • These are areas of instability in the Earth's crust. This is where plates meet.
    Plate boundaries
  • It's part of the mantle that lines under lithosphere.
    Mesosphere
  • What is the Lithosphere composed of?
    Crust and the upper mantle
  • A type of plate composed of seabed
    Oceanic plates
  • True or False: The Earth's relief is shaped by internal forces only.
    False. It is shaped by internal forces and external agents.
  • ____________ is the setting of transported materials
    Deposition
  • A type of plate that is composed of land.
    Continental plates
  • The Lithosphere is divided into ______________ that float on magma and move slowly.
    tecnonic plates
  • What is the crust made up of?
    rocks
  • What are the characteristics of Lithosphere?
    It's mainly solid and rigid
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