Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz

the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core

• crust

• core

• mantle

• inner core

The thin, outermost layer of the Earth

• crust

• mantle

• core

• inner core

the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle

• crust

• mantle

• core

• inner core

the liquid layer of the Earth’s core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core

• outer core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• convection currents

the solid, dense center of the Earth

• crust

• mantle

• core

• inner core

the outermost layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the brittle and rigid upper layer of the mantle

• outer core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• convection currents

currents in the Earth’s mantle that cause the crustal plates to move

• outer core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• convection currents

the plastic-like and flowing layer of the mantle on which the pieces of the lithosphere move.

• outer core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• convection currents

the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

• tectonic plate

• continental drift

the layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans and forms at divergent plate boundaries. It is younger and thinner than Continental crust

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

• tectonic plate

• continental drift