Earth’s Interior

What is the name of the layer that contains the upper layer of the upper mantle and crust?

• Asthenosphere

• Mesosphere

• Lithosphere

• Transosphere

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust

Earth's magnetic field results from movements in the

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Holes drilled several kilometers into Earth's crust provide evidence about Earth's interior in the form of

• Seismic waves

• Rock samples

• Liquid iron

• Volcanic eruption

Due to extreme pressure, the inner core of the Earth is

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Earth is made of different layers that have varying characteristics. Which is the thickest layer?

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle

• Lithosphere

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Asthenosphere

Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

• Lithosphere

• Earthquake

• Convection Currents

• Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Solid, outer layer and is made of both the oceanic and continental crust.

• Hydrosphere

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

The thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Magma

• Inner Core