6.10 A - Earth Layers

 Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? 

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

Which letter in the diagram identifies the layer scientists believe to be in a liquid state?

• Location A
• Location B
• Location C
• Location D

Which is the best description of the characteristics of the asthenosphere?

• Solid , but flowing
• Hot, but solid metal
• Liquid, but dense
• Brittle, but shifting

The lithosphere is composed of rock that can be described as being

• liquid
• dense
• solid
• flowing

According to scientific data, which layer of Earth is the thickest?

• Crust
• inner core
• mantle
• outer core

What layer of the earth is composed of material of the highest density?

• outer core
• inner core
• crust 
• mantle

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

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

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

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle 
• crust

Which of the following describes a change in moving from Earth’s crust to the outer core?

• Pressure would change from very high to none
• Density would change from least to most dense
  
• Plasticity would change from flexible to rigid
• Heat would change from relatively hot to cool

The lithosphere consists of the 

• upper mantle and the crust
  
• lower mantle and the outer core
• inner and outer core
• crust and the entire mantle