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Students were discussing about the layers of the earth. Which student is correct?

• Tim: I think that us humans live on the oceanic crust

• Tom: I think that the hottest layer is the outer core.

• Bib: I think that the continental crust is on top, and the oceanic crust is below the mantle.

• Bob: I think that the layers from top to bottom are Crust, Mantle, Outer core, then Inner Core.

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In Mr. Ly’s class, Student A, B, and C were all talking about whether or not kirby was a giant god who turned the earth into a giant pizza to eat, but he was too fat to eat it all, so that is where the Earth layers chart was created.

Which of the students correctly explained their thinking about whether or not this is true?

• Student A: Yes, kirby eats everything. I think he did that and made the stars explode to create our earth.

• Student B: No, it is like that because the pizza chart is easy to remember for all types of people of different age groups. 

• Student C: Yes, then after this the humans had a theory that involves the layers. They then created this chart for simpler understanding.

In Mr. Ly’s class, Student A, B, C, and D were all talking about how the layers of the Earth are explained with a pizza crust system. They all had different ideas about the meanings.

Which of the students correctly explained their thinking about why this is used?

• Student A says it is like that because the Earth is a literal pizza, and that’s why the dirt is brown. It is brown like the crust of a pizza.

• Student B says it is like that because pizza aliens are invading the world and made all the charts pizza

• Student C says it is like that because it a simple and good representation of the layers that children and people can understand easily.

• Student D says it is like this because the lunch ladies dropped pizza on all the papers so they turned into pizza.

According to the chart, which layer of the Earth is 2900 km thick?

• 1. The Mantle

• The Crust

• The Outer Core

• The Inner Core

According to the chart, which layer of the Earth is made up of granitic and basaltic rocks?

• 1. Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

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What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Innercore

• Mantle

Which layer of the Earth inhabits living creatures?

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Outer Core

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

What is the coolest layer of the Earth?

• Inner core

• mantle

• outer core

• crust

What is the hottest layer of the Earth?

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Inner Core