Glenco Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Earth's Interior

The asthenosphere is

• the plastic layer of the mantle

• the rigid, hard layer of the mantle (including the crust)

• made mostly of iron

• made of liquid metal

The lithosphere is

• the plastic layer of the mantle

• the rigid, hard layer of the mantle (including the crust)

• made mostly of iron

• made of liquid metal

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The mantle is

• the thinnest layer of Earth

• the plastic layer of Earth

• the thickest layer of Earth

• more dense than the Earth's core

The inner core is

• includes the crust and upper mantle

• the thinnest layer of Earth

• made of liquid metal

• made of iron crystals

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The outer core is

• the plastic layer of the mantle

• the rigid, hard layer of the mantle

• made mostly of iron

• made of liquid metal

The Earth's crust

• gets cut off when you eat it

• is the thinnest layer of Earth

• is the thickest layer of Earth

• is made of liquid metal

List Earth's layers from least dense to most dense

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, mantle, inner core, crust

A compass needle points north due to

• Earth's spherical shape

• Earth's gravity

• Earth's magnetosphere

• Earth's distance from the sun

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Earth's temperature, pressure and density

• decrease as you approach its core

• decrease as you approach its crust

• increase as you approach its crust

• increase as you approach its core

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Magnetosphere is

• a Marvel superhero

• located between Jupiter and Saturn

• the reason Earth has gravity

• the outer part of Earth's magnetic field