6.10A Layers of the Earth

What heats material in the mantle causing the convection cycle?

• Solar Radiation
• The Earths Core
• Fire
• Hard Work

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This layer of Earth is the thickest part

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

Which of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickle?

• inner core
• outer core
• lithosphere
• mesosphere

As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?

• The would all increase
• The would all decrease.
• They would stay the same.  
• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase. 

The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________. 

• mesosphere
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere
• mantle

Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle? 

• The sun
• The crust
• the mantle
• the core

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Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• lithosphere

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What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called? 

• Mantle
• Innercore
• Outercore
• Crust

Is the outer core a liquid or solid?

• liquid
• solid

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

• increases
• decreases
• goes up and down depending on the layer
• stays the same