Earth Composition

What is the outer layer of the Earth? (6-22 miles thick)

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Inner Core

What is the portion of the Earth between the crust and the core? (1800 miles thick)

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

What is the liquid portion of the Earth called that surrounds the solid inner core?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

This is the solid central portion of the Earth composed of iron and nickel.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Formed by the deposition of sediment which then hardens to form rock.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Rock and Roll

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which type of rock is formed by the cooling and solidifying of magma or lava?

• Fraggle Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

Which rock type is formed from another rock type being exposed to extreme heat or pressure?

• Metamorphic Rock

• Rock Paper Scissors

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

This is made up of the crust and the upper mantle. The tectonic plates are found here

• Atmosphere

• Pedosphere

• Lithosphere

• Sphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A large section of the lithosphere capable of movement due to forces within the Earth.

• Fault

• Boundary

• Continent

• Tectonic Plate

A branch of geology dealing with the rocks that make up the Earth's crust.

• Oceanography

• Volcanology

• Plate Tectonics

• Geography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1