Unit 1 Earth's Changing Landscape

This layer of the Earth is only 1% of Earth's mass.

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

The Mantle makes up...

• half of the Earth

• hardly none of the Earth

• most of the Earth

• all of the Earth

The Crust and rigid upper mantle are both shared by which layer?

• Asthenosphere

• Outer Core

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

The Outer Core is composed of mainly...

• liquid iron and nickel

• basalt

• solid iron and nickel

• granite

What are the 4 main layers of the Earth?

• Atmosphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere

• Moho, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Tectonic

• Oceanic, Continental, Crust, Lithosphere

• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

The crust and mantle are separated by what boundary?

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Moho

• Trench

The mantle is the thickest layer of the Earth.

• True

• False

If you are traveling through the layers of Earth and the temperature keeps increasing, what is a possible order of the layers you travel through?

• Outer Core, Crust, Inner Core, Mantle

• Mantle, Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

As we travel deeper into the Earth, What happens to density?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

The asthenosphere is a layer of hot, _________ rock in the mantle.

• soft

• hard

• brittle

• liquid