Earth's Interior

The CRUST is Earth's outermost compositional layer.

• True

• False

The compositional layer of hot, viscous, magma between Earth's crust and core.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Earth's MANTLE is solid, but flows.

• True

• False

The liquid layer of the Earth's core. Very dense. Made of heavy metals.

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

An extremely dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. Earth's outermost physical layer.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mesosphere

• Core

Solid, putty-like layer made up of the upper mantle. It's the physical layer below the lithosphere.

• Lithosphere

• Astehnosphere

• Mesosphere

• Core

The physical layer beneath the asthenosphere. It's the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mesosphere

• Core

The OUTER CORE is the only truly liquid layer inside the Earth.

• True

• False

Force responsible for pulling the densest materials to the core of the Earth.

• Radioactivity

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• Elon Musk

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4