Earth's Structure: A Journey from the Surface to the Center.

Which layer of the Earth is described as the 'dynamic skin'?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

The crust comes in two flavors: oceanic crust and ________ crust.

• Continental

• Mantle

• Core

• Asthenosphere

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Divergent, Convergent, Transform

• Divergent, Convergent, Static

• Convergent, Transform, Static

• Divergent, Static, Transform

The mantle is divided into two parts: the upper mantle and the ______ mantle.

• Lower

• Middle

• Outer

• Inner

What is the role of the Earth's mantle in heat flow?

• It cools the Earth's surface

• It transfers heat through convection currents

• It generates Earth's magnetic field

• It solidifies the inner core.

The outer core is ______, churning with intense heat and creating electric currents.

• solid

• liquid

• gaseous

• plasma

Identify the layers of the Earth shown in the diagram.

a

b

c

d

Outer Core

Mantle

Inner Core

Crust

Match the following

• Plates slide past each other

• Convergent Boundary

• Plates Colide/ Converge

• Transform Boundary

• Plates spread apart

• Divergent Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a

b

c

Subduction zone

Continental crust

Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the different types of crust and the names of the lower crust.

a

b

c

d

Asthenosphere

Inner core

Lithosphere

Continental Crust

Outer core

Oceanic crust