ASSESSMENT CARD 4

Fill the required information about the Earth’s Layers.

Type your answers following the template provided.

Which layer of the Earth makes up most of it?

• Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

• Outer core

• Inner core

• Asthenosphere

• Crust and upper mantle

Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the Continents?

• Part of mantle

• Crust, mantle and core

• Crust and upper mantle

• Only the crust

What describes the outer core?

• Solid 

• Viscous

•  Liquid

• Gas

What describes the inner core?

• Solid

• Viscous

• Liquid

• Gas

When geologist speaks lithosphere, they really mean the “crust”.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The convection currents are entirely within the mantle.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Much of our knowledge of Earth’s structure comes from analyses of seismic waves.     

• TRUE

• FALSE

Outer Core is made of nickel only.

• TRUE

• FALSE