Unit 5 Vocab Quiz 1 Review

The makeup of something

• crust

• composition

• core

• mantel

Ball of hot, solid metals in the center of the Earth

• crust

• mantel

• outer core

• inner core

Thin outer layer of rock

• crust

• outer core

• mantel

• asthenosphere

Layer of liquid metals that surrounds the inner core

• mantel

• outer core

• lithosphere

• composition

Layer of the mantel, where convection currents take place

• lithosphere

• outer core

• inner core

• asthenosphere

Earth's thickest layer

• crust

• mantel

• outer core

• inner core

Top of the mantle and bottom of the crust, where tectonic plates are located

• composition

• inner core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

The part of the ear that turns vibrations into electrical signals

• pinna

• ear canal

• stirrup

• cochlea

The part of the ear that we can see easily

• pinna

• cochlea

• auditory nerve

• eardrum

Responsible for carrying hearing information from the cochlea to the brain

• auditory nerve

• ear canal

• pinna

• cilia