Earth's Structures Vocab #1 (1-10)

Soft layer of the Earth, putty like, found under the lithosphere that is hotter and under intense pressure.

• crust

• oceanic crust

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

Type of crust made of granite rock, makes up the continental “plates” or the land.

• oceanic crust

• pangea

• continental crust

• mantle

The thickest layer of Earth’s layers.

• mantle

• core

• outer core

• crust

Currents of molten metal or magma, where hot magma rises towards the crust and cooler mantle falls towards the cores, causes the movement of tectonic plates.

• inner core

• outer core

• convection currents

• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and the ocean floor and forms the Earth’s outer skin.

• mantle

• core

• lithosphere

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The center of the Earth, made of mostly iron and nickel which is responsible for Earth’s magnetic field.

• core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

Layer of Earth that contains part of the lower crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle.

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• mantle

• inner core

Type of crust consisted of dark colored rock known as basalt, found beneath the ocean.

• continental crust

• crust

• oceanic crust

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The layer of liquid metal that surrounds the inner core.

• inner core

• outer core

• core

• convection current

A dense ball of solid metal under extreme pressure.

• outer core

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• inner core