Earth's Layers

Convection currents occur in which layer of Earth?

• Middle mantle

• Lower mantle

• Crust

• Inner core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This is the thinnest layer of Earth

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

The asthenosphere is another name for this layer of Earth

• Middle mantle

• Crust

• Upper mantle

• Inner Core

This is the name of the "layer" that combines the upper mantle and crust

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

• Exosphere

The crust is broken up into two different sections called...

• Oceanic and Lithosphere

• Oceanic and Continental

• Land and Sea

Identify the layer in the picture on the right!

• Crust

• Mantle

• Middle Mantle

• Inner Core

Identify the layer in the picture on the left!

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner core

• Lithosphere

Choose all the layers that are solid:

• Crust, Inner core

• Inner and outer core

• Upper, middle, and lower mantle

• Crust only

True/False: the hottest layer is the crust

• True

• False

This layer has a consistency of silly putty.

• Asthenosphere

• Upper mantle

• Crust

• Inner core