Interior Earth

The deeper into Earth you go the...

• greater the pressure
• less pressure
• pressure remains the same

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's

• continents
• mantle
• lithosphere
• inner core.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of Earth is LIQUID?

• upper mantle
• lower mantle
• outer core
• inner core

What are the two kinds of crust?

• lithospheric and asthenospheric
• silicon based and iron based
• continental and oceanic
• outer and inner

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Which layer contains soil?

• Mantle
• Asthenosphere
• Crust
• Mesosphere

Which is the source extremely high temperatures in the Earth?

• Volcanoes
• Solar Radiation
• Earthquakes
• Heat created by the formation of the earth

The thin outer most layer is called……………..

• Crust

• Inner core

• mantle

• none of the above

What is the inner most layer of Earth?

• core
• outer core
• inner core
• asthenosphere