Planet Earth

Useful words about The Earth

Concept
Seasons

Definition
Divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, winter) marked by particular
weather and due to the position of the Sun and the Earth
The Earth has a magnetic field because the magnetism force acts in it.

Magnetic field
The solid part of the Earth. Has three layers: the crust, the mantle and the core

Geosphere
The air. A layer of gases which envelops the Earth

Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
The mantle
Continental crust
Oceanic crust
The core
Mountain ranges
Great plains
Continental shelves
Oceanic ridges
Oceanic trenches
Abyssal plains

All the water on the Earth

All the living beings which inhabit the Earth

Is the middle layer of the geosphere. It is below the crust and lies to 2.900 Km
below the surface
The crust that makes up the continents. Granite is the most common rock

The crust that makes up the ocean floor. It was created by volcanic activity.

Is the centre of the Earth, below the mantle. It is mainly made of iron.

Chains of high mountains. The Himalayas or the Andes

Large extensions of flat land. For example the Amazon plain or the Sahara
desert
The areas near the coastline, under the sea.

Chains of submarine mountains with volcanic activity

The deepest areas of the ocean

The largest plains on the planet