Earth's Lithosphere

Has large crystals because of slow cooling

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• extrusive igneous rock

Has small or no crystals because of rapid cooling

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• extrusive igneous

• intrusive igneous

Has wavy bands.

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• extrusive igneous rock

• intrusive igneous rock

Contains fossils. 

• sedimentary rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• extrusive igneous rocks

• intrusive igneous rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is a natural solid that is made of one or more minerals.

• Mineral

• Fossil

• Rock

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Igneous Rock

How do scientists know the Earth has layers?

• Drilling into the mantle

• Volcanoes

• Seismic waves data

• ocean waves

Made of the uppermost mantle and crust:

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

What is the name of layer 1?

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

What is the name of layer 2?

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core