Earth's Interior Review

1. A rock that makes up much of the ocean floor

• basalt
• asthenosphere
• crust
• outer core
• lithosphere

2. The force pushing on a surface or area

• pressure
• basalt
• asthenosphere
• crust
• outer core

3. The layer made up of liquid iron and nickel

• outer core
• basalt
• asthenosphere
• crust
• lithosphere

4. The uppermost part of the mantle and crust

• lithosphere
• basalt
• asthenosphere
• crust
• outer core

5. A rock that makes up the continents

• granite
• basalt
• asthenosphere
• crust
• outer core

6. Outermost layer of Earth

• crust
• basalt
• asthenosphere
• outer core
• lithosphere

7. A wave produced by an earthquake

• seismic waves
• basalt
• asthenosphere
• crust
• outer core

8. Soft (plastic) layer of rock in the mantle

• asthenosphere
• basalt
• crust
• outer core
• lithosphere

9. The transfer of energy the motion of heated gas or liquid

• convection
• basalt
• asthenosphere
• crust
• outer core

10. Where is heat and pressure the greatest in the Earth?

• a. crust
• b. mantle
• c. outer core
• d. inner core