6th (6.10A - Earth's Layers) Part 1

Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Which layer of the Earth is the most dense, and is also solid?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Which layer of Earth has human life on it?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Which layer of the Earth has lots of magma>

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Which layer of Earth has convection currents?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which layer of the Earth is made of molten (melted) Nickel and Iron?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Which layer is the furthest from human life?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

What is the definition for mantle?

• what something is made of

• the outer portion of the core made mostly of liquid iron and nickel

• the layer of rock between Earth's outer core and crust in which most rock is hot enough to flow in convection currents; Earth's thickest layer

• the layer of Earth made up if the crust and the rigid rock of the upper mantle, averaging about 40 km thick and broken into tectonic plates

The slowly flowing layer of rock under the lithosphere; composed of part of the mantle.

• asthenosphere

• density

• convection

• mantle

The layer of Earth made up of the crust and the rigid rock of the upper mantle, averaging 40 km thick and broken into tectonic plates.

• mantle

• outer core

• composition

• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1