Interior Layers and Continental Drift Review

This is how we observe Earth's Interior Layers....

• volcanoes

• seismic waves

• Submarines

• Humans

As you travel from the crust to the core, temperature, density, and pressure....

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What are the compositional layers?

• Lithosphere, Crust, Core

• Mantle, Mesosphere, Inner Core

• Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Crust, Mantle, Core

The physical layers of Earth's Interior are....

• Crust, Mantle, Core

• Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Lithosphere, Crust, Core

• Mantle, Crust, Mesosphere

Which statement is true about the two crust?

• Oceanic is thicker, less dense, and younger

• Oceanic is thinner, more dense, and younger

• Continental is thicker, less dense, and younger

• Continental is thinner, more dense, and older

Which statement is true about the crust?

• Oceanic is made mostly of granite

• Continental is made mostly of basalt

• Oceanic is made mostly of basalt

• Continental is made of equal amounts of basalt and granite

The lithosphere is made up of....

• the crust and the lower mantle

• the inner and outer core

• the crust and the upper mantle

• the inner core and mesosphere

This floats on top of the asthenosphere....

• Mantle

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Mesosphere

Convection currents occur here...

• Crust

• Mesosphere

• Outer Core

• Asthenosphere

This is the strong layer that holds up the asthenosphere and the Lithosphere....

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Mesosphere

• Crust