Structure of the Earth

The layer of rock between the Earth's core and crust.

• outer core

• crust

• inner core

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Name the layer labelled D

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

• inner core

Name the layer labelled C

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

Name the layer labelled B

• mantle

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

Name the layer labelled A

• outer core

• crust

• inner core

• mantle

Which layer of the Earth is made of iron and some nickel?

• crust

• mantle

• core

The outermost layer of the Earth that contains the continents and the oceans.

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

• inner core

Liquid metal layer that surrounds the Earth's inner core.

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

Solid metal layer at the center of the Earth.

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

• crust

The plates that make up the Earth's crust that are responsible for continental drift.

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• geologist

• tectonic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3