What feature is this?
mountain ranges
What type of relief is this?
Submerged
The surface of the geosphere is not flat. It has many irregularities that make up its ____________.
relief
The ______ relief of the geosphere consists of the continents and islands.
land
What are the three layers of the Earth?
crust, mantle and core
What are the two zones of the crust?
continental and oceanic
What is the intermediate and thickest layer of the Earth?
mantle
What part of the core is solid?
inner core
The lithosphere is the combination of the _________ and _____________.
crust and upper mantle
Give 2 examples of lithospheric plates
African, Antarctic, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, North American, Pacific and South American
The crust of the Earth is made up of solid materials with different appearances called __________.
rocks
Rocks are made up of materials called ________.
minerals
Name 1 mineral of granite
feldspar, quartz, mica
What mineral is limestone made of?
calcite
Name 1 mineral of basalt.
pyroxene, plagioclase
TRUE OR FALSE: Minerals are inorganic
TRUE
