Earth's Layers

What layer is the hottest?

• Core
• Crust
• Mantle

If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...

• increase
• decrease
• stay the same
• unsure

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or False: 
The Earth's thin shell of hard rock is called the crust.

• True
• False

Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Lithosphere

What are the two types of crust?

• top crust,bottom crust
• oceanic crust, continental crust
• water,land
• none of the above 

If we compare the temperature and pressure of the Earth’s mantle to the core, what differences can we expect as we move downward into the Earth?

• Both the temperature and pressure increase.
• Both the temperature and pressure decrease.
• The temperature increases and the pressure decrease.
• The temperature decreases and the pressure increases.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is the outer core composed of?

• Basalt
• Granite
• Solid Metals
• Molten (liquid) Metals

What part of the crust is the arrow pointing to?

• Continental Crust
• Oceanic Crust
• Bread Crust

What layer of Earth do we live on?

• Crust
• Core
• Mantle

True or False: The Earth's crust is thick melted rock

• True
• False