Earth Layers Worksheet

What are Earth's layers?

• skin

• crust

• mantle

• core

• pit

Inside Earth, _____________________ increases as depth increases. (Select the answers that could fill in the blank.)

• pressure

• movement

• oxygen

• temperature

• geology

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The thickness of the crust is ____________ .

• 5 - 80 km

• almost 3,000 km

• almost 3,480 km

The thickness of the mantle is ____________ .

• 5 - 80 km

• almost 3,000 km

• almost 3,480 km

The thickness of the core is ____________ .

• 5 - 80 km

• almost 3,000 km

• almost 3,480 km

A limited number of elements comprise the largest portion of Earth's crust. Pick the top 3.

• oxygen

• nickle

• aluminum

• magnesium

• silicon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A limited number of elements comprise the largest portion of Earth's mantle. Pick the top 4.

• oxygen

• nickle

• iron

• magnesium

• silicon

A limited number of elements comprise the largest portion of Earth's core. Pick the top 2.

• oxygen

• nickle

• iron

• magnesium

• silicon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Movement in the outer core creates Earth's ______________.

• tropical islands

• atmosphere

• ocean waves

• magnetic field

Three factors combine to set convection currents in motion, what are they?

• heat

• magnetism

• density

• gravity

• rock samples from volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6