Earth's Interior Layers Quiz Review

Thin, rocky layer surrounding Earth’s surface.

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

Semi-solid rock that is able to flow or move.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Hot liquid layer surrounding the inner core.

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

This layer is under extreme pressure, molecules are unable to move and become a liquid.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

This layer is made up of upper mantle and crust.

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

The lithosphere makes up

• the mantle.

• tectonic plates.

• the crust.

• the surface.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Solid inner layer.

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Crust

As you move from the crust to the inner core, temperature

• decreases.

• stays the same.

• increases.

• varies from layer to layer.

Soft, solid layer on which the tectonic plates (lithosphere) float or move.

• Mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Outer core

As you move from the crust to the inner core, pressure

• decreases.

• stays the same.

• increases.

• varies from layer to layer.