Earth's Layers Practice Quiz

The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth; is either continental or oceanic

• Mantle

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Outer Core

What is the central part of the Earth below the mantle?

• crust

• Lithosphere

• core

True or False: The crust is the coldest layer.

• True

• False

List the layers in order

• 1. Crust

  2. Inner Core

  3. Outer Core

  4. Mantle

• Inner Core

  Outer Core

  Crust

  Mantle

• Crust

  Mantle

  Outer Core

  Inner Core

• Crust

  Mantle

  Outer Core

  Inner Core

The amount of Matter in a given space an volume

• Density

• Asthenosphere

• Gravity

• Geology

What is the hottest layer?

• the core

• the upper mantle

• the mantle

• the inner core

True or False: We live on the crust.

• True

• False

How many layers are there in the Earth?

• 2

• 8

• 4

• 6

Fill in the blank.

Pressure _____ as you go deeper into the Earth

• increases

• decreases

• goes up or down depending on the layer

• stays the same

Select the types of crust

• garlic butter

• volcanic

• continental

• oceanic