Earth's Composition: ESS.6.2.1

What is the outer layer of Earth called, which is anywhere from 6-22 miles deep under land or ocean?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• Lithosphere

What consists of the crust and upper mantle and is composed of tectonic plates?

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mesosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the portion of Earth between the crust and the core, 1,800 miles thick?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is a thick, hot layer of rocky material just below the Earth's crust, where tectonic plates move around?

• Upper Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the thick, solid rock layer of the Earth located deep below the surface, between the upper mantle and the outer core?

• Lower Mantle

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is a semi-molten layer of the Earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mesosphere

• Outer Core

What is the outer core of the Earth?

• The solid, central portion of Earth, composed of iron and nickel.

• The liquid layer of the Earth's core, made of iron and nickel, that surrounds the inner core.

• The invisible area around a magnet where a magnetic force can be felt.

Fill in the blank: The inner core is the ______, central portion of Earth, composed of iron and nickel.

• solid

• liquid

• gaseous

• plasma

What is a magnetic field?

• The liquid layer of the Earth's core, made of iron and nickel, that surrounds the inner core.

• Solid, central portion of Earth, composed of iron and nickel.

• The invisible area around a magnet where a magnetic force can be felt.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5