Instructions: Read Kids Discover "Our Planet from Surface to Core and Answer the questions below.
Question 1
1.
As of 2018, there are ____________ planets in the Solar System.
Question 2
2.
Earth is the ___________ planet from the Sun and only the fifth largest overall.
Question 3
3.
In the solar system, Earth is the _____.
Question 4
4.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #1--- What is the name of the field that surrounds and protects earth from solar radiation?
Question 5
5.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #2 the ________ is a layer of gases that gets steadily thinner the farther it is above Earth’s surface.
Question 6
6.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #2: The outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere is the exosphere.
Question 7
7.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #2: The _________________ holds in the Sun’s warmth, blocks much of the Sun’s incoming ultraviolet radiation, and allows living things to breathe.
Question 8
8.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #3: The foundation of all life, the ______________ covers nearly 70 percent of Earth’s surface. (FILL IN THE BLANK. THE ANSWER MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY)
Question 9
9.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #4 :The ____________, a layer of cool, brittle rock, is 3–30 miles thick. It forms the continents and seabeds.(FILL IN THE BLANK. THE ANSWER MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY)
Question 10
10.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #5: The __________ mantle, a layer of partially molten (melted) rock, is 415 miles thick.
Question 11
11.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #6: The __________ mantle, a solid, is 1,385 miles thick.
Question 12
12.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #7: The outer _______ , a liquid, is 1,400 miles thick. (FILL IN THE BLANK. THE ANSWER MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY)
Question 13
13.
In the interactive picture "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in #8: The __________ core, a solid, is 760 miles thick. (FILL IN THE BLANK. THE ANSWER MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY)