What is Inside Earth - Vocabulary

What is the correct order of Earth's layers? Starting from surface

• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

A scientist that studies the Earth

• Biologist

• Zoologist

• Mechanic

• Geologist

This layer of the Earth is the outermost layer

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

This is the thickest layer of the Earth

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

The center of the Earth has 2 layers and is called the

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Middle

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Large land masses on the Earth's crust are called

• Countries

• Continents

• Counties

• Currents

The mantle is the layer between the inner core and the crust. The upper part of the mantle is _______________ and the lower part of the mantle _______________ very slowly.

• rigid, flows

• liquid, explodes

• water, freezes

• rigid, evaporates

The transfer of heat energy through solid matter as one particle strikes another is called

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Thermals

Heat energy in liquids and gasses is transferred by

• Radiation

• Thermals

• Conduction

• Convection