Layers of the Earth

This layer is only 5-50km thick

• Mantle

• Inner core

• Crust

• Core

This layer is mostly basalt rock

• Earth's Crust

• Continental Crust

• Oceanic Crust

• Mantle

True or False: The mantle is the largest layer of the Earth

• True

• False

True or False: The oceanic crust and continental crust are a part of the Mantle

• True

• False

This layer is composed of silicate rocks that are rich in magnesium and iron

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

True or False: The Earth's crust is made up of Land and the part under the ocean.

• true

• false

The process of convection currents happen at this layer

• Oceanic Crust

• Mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

This layer is about 2,300km thick and is the second largest layer

• Inner core

• mantle

• Outer core

• Crust

True/False: The Earth's magnetic field is created because the magma moves around the outer core

• True

• False

The cooler rock of the mantle is located ___________

• Near the top of the mantle

• Near the bottom of the mantle