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WorksheetsConcept Review Game - Layers of the Earth
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Outer Core
A variable that affects the state of matter of Earth's layers (thick layers of rock apply great forces to those layers buried below them, affecting the melting points of the buried rock.)
The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithospheric plates float and move on this layer
The outer shell of earth's core; surrounds the inner core and is made of liquid nickel and iron
A variable that affects the state of matter of Earth's layers (layers of rock at greater depths from Earth's surface have more thermal energy.)
What is the main difference between the inner core and the outer core?
Inner is a liquid, outer is a solid
Inner is a solid, outer is a liquid
Inner is solid rock, the outer is solid metal
Inner is made of silica, outer is made of magma
The lithosphere contains all of the _____ AND part of the _____.
mantle and outer core
crust and mantle
inner core and outer core
inner core and mantle
What is meant by the term plasticity?
A solid that is hot and fiery
Something that is like a liquid
A solid that is soft and flexible
Something that is made of plastic
Earth's layers
Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: solid, liquid, and gas.
The divisions of the composition of Earth determined by either chemical composition or by the physical state of matter
Characteristics that can be observed or measured; for example color, melting point, and conductivity
The thin solid outermost layer of Earth; is made of less dense silicates and is either continental (landmasses) or oceanic (ocean floors)
The sphere of solid nickel and iron at the center of Earth, surrounded by the liquid outer core
Pressure
Crust
Physical Properties
Inner Core
A characteristic of the material in the asthenosphere, existing in a solid state yet having the ability to flow without being a liquid
Earth's layers
Asthenosphere
Chemical composition
Plasticity
The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates
Physical properties
Mantle
State of matter
Asthenosphere
The elements that make up a substance
Lithosphere
Earth's layers
Chemical composition
State of matter
The thin solid outermost layer of Earth; is made of less dense silicates and is either continental (landmasses) or oceanic (ocean floors)
State of matter
Lithosphere
Plasticity
Crust
What kinds of elements make up the inner and outer core?
Rocks: granite and shale
Liquids: mercury and gold
Gases: hydrogen and oxygen
Metals: iron and nickel
The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithospheric plates float and move on this layer
Pressure
Density
Asthenosphere
Mantle
The amount of matter in a given space or volume; a relationship between mass and volume.
Plasticity
Density
Crust
Mantle
Which layer of Earth is densest?
Crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: solid, liquid, and gas.
Physical properties
Pressure
Density
State of matter
Temperature
The amount of matter in a given space or volume; a relationship between mass and volume.
A variable that affects the state of matter of Earth's layers (thick layers of rock apply great forces to those layers buried below them, affecting the melting points of the buried rock.)
A variable that affects the state of matter of Earth's layers (layers of rock at greater depths from Earth's surface have more thermal energy.)
Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material
Characteristics that can be observed or measured; for example color, melting point, and conductivity
Plasticity
Lithosphere
Physical properties
Crust
Pressure
The outer shell of earth's core; surrounds the inner core and is made of liquid nickel and iron
Force exerted on matter through contact with other matter; affects melting and boiling points
The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithospheric plates float and move on this layer
The amount of matter in a given space or volume; a relationship between mass and volume.
Lithosphere
The divisions of the composition of Earth determined by either chemical composition or by the physical state of matter
Characteristics that can be observed or measured; for example color, melting point, and conductivity
The outer shell of earth's core; surrounds the inner core and is made of liquid nickel and iron
The cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth, consisting of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, and broken into pieces or segments called plates
