Earth's Layers

What is the order from the most inner layer to the outermost layer of the Earth?

• Crust, lithosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core

• crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, mantle, lithosphere, crust

• inner core, outer core, mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere, crust

Which layer of the Earth is approximately 1800 miles thick?

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• core

• oceanic crust

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Crust

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and upper

• lower and upper

• lithosphere and asthenosphere

Is the Outer core solid or liquid?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

What is the driving force to plate tectonics occurring when warm magma rises and cooler magma sinks?

• An oceanic current

• A conventional current

• A convection current

• A magnetic current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The top layer of the Earth.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Asthenosphere

The crust that is underneath the ocean is ____________ crust.

• Continental

• Water

• Land

• Oceanic

The lithosphere is made up of which two layers?

• Upper and Lower Mantle

• Upper Mantle and Crust

• Core and Mantle

• Crust and Uppermost Mantle

Which layer of the earth has the lowest temperature?

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4