Layers of the Earth

The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth; is either continental (landmasses) or oceanic (ocean floors)

• Earth's mantle

• Earth's core

• Earth's lithosphere

• Earth's crust

The cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle; broken into pieces or segments called plates

• Plateosphere

• Lithosphere

• Crustosphere

• Mantlecore

The outer layer of Earth’s core; surrounds the inner core and is made of liquid nickel and iron

• Inner core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Outer core

The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithospheric plates “float” and move on this layer

• Exosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What layer of the Earth is labeled B?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

What layer of the Earth is labeled A?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

What kind of material makes up the Mantle?

• solid rock

• solid iron and nickel

• liquid iron and nickel

• magma

The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates

• mantle

• lithosphere

• crust

• core

The sphere of solid nickel and iron at the center of Earth; surrounded by the liquid outer core

• Middle core

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Central core

A characteristic of the material in the asthenosphere; existing in a solid state yet having the ability to flow

• Plasticity

• Liquid

• Solid

• Gas