Earth's Layers and the Rock Cycle

The layers of the Earth from the inside out are

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

• inner core, mantle, crust, outer core

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

The densest layer of the Earth is the

• crust

• mantle

• lithosphere

• inner core

The outer core is

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

The outermost layer of the Earth is the

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

Convection currents in this layer cause the movement of Earth's plates

• crust

• upper mantle

• lower mantle

• inner core

The lithosphere includes the crust and

• mesosphere

• inner core

• outer core

• asthenosphere

The upper mantle is also called the

• crust

• asthenosphere

• inner core

• mesosphere

The breaking down of materials due to water, wind, ice and gravity

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The depositing of sediment in a new location

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Cementation

Metamorphic rock can be found at _____ boundaries

• divergent

• insurgent

• transform

• convergent