Earth Science - Earth's Interior

the brittle, rocky outer layer of the Earth

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

• asthenosphere

the thick middle layer in the solid part of the Earth

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

• asthenosphere

the crust and the uppermost mantle together

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• crust

• lithosphere

soft, flowing layer of the mantle below the lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• inner core

• crust

• lithosphere

the dense metallic center of the Earth

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• crust

• core

the outer part of the Earth’s magnetic field that blocks harmful particles from the Sun

• asthenosphere

• magnetosphere

• crust

• core