Earth's Layers/Tectonic Plates

What is the first layer of the earth called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the second layer of the earth called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

What is the third layer of the earth called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the fourth layer of the Earth called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

I am the thinnest layer of the Earth.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

I am the hottest layer of the earth, about the same temperature as the sun.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

I am the layer responsible for Earth's magnetic field.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

I am the layer of Earth where Earthquakes occur.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

I am the layer of Earth that heats and cools Magma by convection current.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This theory states that all continents were joined together as one land mass and then they spread apart and drifted into their current positions.

• Plate Tectonics Theory

• Earth's Core Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Earth's Crust Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3