Earth's Structure

Earth's only liquid layer:

• Upper Mantle

• Lower Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Made of dark, dense rock such as basalt.

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

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The crust is the thinnest layer of Earth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Solid rock that extends to Earth's core:

• Upper Mantle

• Lower Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Made of the uppermost mantle and crust:

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

What are the four layers of the Earth from inside to the outside?

• Crust, Outer core, mantle, inner core

• Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

Where does the energy that drives convection currents inside the Earth's Crust come from?

• Inner coer

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Crust

What layer of the Earth do convection currents happen in?

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

Which is the largest layer of the earth?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

Which layer contain convection currents?

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

• inner core