Earth's Spheres: Random Facts

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1. The Core: What is it made up of? gas nickel and iron silver and copper mercury

2. Mantle: What's the lower limit of the mantle? 3700 km 2900 km 1300 km 2100 km

3. Asthenosphere: What is its major role? it protects Earth from earthquakes it generates heat it is rich in minerals it supports the Earth's crust

4. Lithosphere: What does "lithos" mean in Greek? hot layer rock hard

5. The Crust: What discontinuity delimits it from the mantle? Gutenberg Jeffreys Mohorovicic Repetti

6. Hydrosphere: Which of the following is not a part of the hydrosphere? underground water they are all components of the hydrosphere glaciers water vapors

7. Biosphere: Which of the following does not belong to it? plants fungi animals the soil

8. Atmosphere: What percent of the atmosphere is made up of nitrogen and oxygen? 85% 95% 90% 99%

9. Homosphere: According to what criterion is the atmosphere divided into the homosphere and the heterosphere? mass composition temperature density

10. Heterosphere: At what approximate height does this layer start? 15 km 80 km 40 km 55 km

11. Troposphere: What percent of the atmospheric mass is concentrated in this region? 50% 99% 70% 90%

12. Stratosphere: Which type of radiation can get through the ozone layer situated within this atmospheric region? infrared radiations Roentgen radiations ultraviolet radiations cosmic radiations

13. Mesosphere: Which of the following can be associated with this layer? auroras solar winds the ozone layer burning meteors

14. Thermosphere: What is this layer also known as? Antroposphere Magnetosphere Ionosphere Cryosphere

15. Exosphere: Which of the following is true about this outermost atmospheric layer? its temperature is higher than the thermosphere's it concentrate 10% of the atmospheric mass satellites orbit in this layer radio waves are reflected back to Earth from this layer