Earth's Interior

Which layer contains soil?

• Mantle
• Asthenosphere
• Crust
• Mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which layer contains BOTH the upper mantle and the crust?

• lithosphere
• atmosphere
• mesosphere
• athensosphere

Seismic waves _____ when they go from a solid to a liquid.

• Slow down
• Speed up
• Remain the same
• Slow down and then speed up

P waves move through____

• Solids only
• Liquids only
• Solids and Liquids
• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

S waves move through

• Solids only
• Liquids only
• Solids and liquids
• None of these

What creates the magnetic field around the Earth?

• The Earth spinning on its axis
• The liquid outer core spinning around the solid inner core
• The solid outer core spinning around the liquid inner core
• Seismic waves

Which layers make up the mantle?

• crust, inner core, outer core
• mesosphere, asthenosphere, part of lithosphere
• bottom part of the mantle
• crust only

Which of Earth's layers is made of SOLID iron and nickel?

• crust 
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Which area of the Earth is least dense ?

• Outer core

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

 Where do convection currents happen in the model we are studying?

• the Crust
• the Mantle
• the Core