Inside the Earth

What is the LEAST dense layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

What is the MOST dense layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

The asthenosphere is part of which layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

What is the soft layer of rock in the mantle that can act like a solid and a liquid?

• Core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The crust and the uppermost mantle make up this solid layer of hard rock.

• inner core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• outer core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How does the temperature change as you move from the crust to the core?

• it gets cooler

• it gets hotter

• it stays the same

• the core is frozen

What is layer C?

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What layer is D?

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

How has magma pushing up through the crust changed the Atlantic ocean?

• It has made the ocean floor smooth.

• It has produced volcanoes.

• It has heated the water in the ocean.

• It has created a long mountain range.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the liquid layer composed of nickel and iron?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core