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WorksheetsEarth's Layers
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are the compositional layers of the Earth?
Crust, inner core, and lithosphere
Crust, mantle, core
Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, and inner core
Lithosphere, mantle, and outer core
The compositional layers has to do with the _____________________ of the Earth.
chemical makeup
physical properties
What is the crust?
the outermost solid layer of Earth
a region of hot, slow-flowing, solid rock
a layer of weak or soft mantle
the densest layer
What is the densest layer?
Crust
Mantle
Core
Asthenosphere
What are the two types of crust?
Continental
Rocky
Volcanic
Oceanic
In which layer of the Earth does convection occur?
Crust
Mantle
Core
This layer is made up mostly of iron and nickel.
Inner core
Outer core
Core
Which of the following are Earth's physical layers?
Crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Core
Inner Core
What is the outermost, rigid layer of Earth?
Crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Outer core
On which layer do tectonic plates move?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Core
The outer core is _____________, and the inner core is _____________.
solid; liquid
liquid; solid
solid; dense
weak; strong
Which compositional layer is a hot, convecting layer of rock?
Core
Crust
Mantle
Plate
The lithosphere includes some or all of which two compositional layers?
Core and crust
Mantle and core
Crust and mantle
Core and mesosphere
Which of these statements best describes a characteristic of the asthenosphere that allows the tectonic plates to move?
It is soft
It is rigid
It is permeable
It is porous
