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Earth's Layers and Their Properties

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name

Class

Date

Which layer is made of the most solid rock?

inner core

outer core

mantle

crust

Which layer has the coolest temperatures?

outer core

inner core

mantle

crust

Which layer has the hottest temperatures?

inner core

outer core

mantle

crust

Which statement is true about oceanic crust?

It is made of melted rock.

It is the thinner than continental crust.

It is thicker than continental crust.

It is made of liquid metal.

What kind of crust do we live on?

oceanic crust

continental crust

Out of all the layers, which one would be the easiest for us to drill through?

inner core

outer core

mantle

crust

What happens to temperature as you move down through the layers?

it remains the same

it increases then decreases

it increases

it decreases

Oceanic crust is made of water.

True

False

The Earth is a giant, solid ball of rock and soil.

True

False

10.

Where is the Earth's crust the thickest?

Oceans

Equator

Mountains

North and South Poles

11.

Which Layer is considered the coolest layer?

Crust

Mantle

Inner Core

Outer Core

12.

Which compositional layer is represented by the yellow layer?

inner core

outer core

mantle

crust

13.

What is the hottest layer?

Crust

Mantle

Core

14.

What are the two types of crust?

Continental and Landforms

Oceanic and Mountains

Mountains and Landforms

Oceanic and Continental

15.

You live, breathe, and eat on this layer.

Outer Core

Inner Core

Mantle

Crust

16.

What parts of the Earth make up the lithosphere?

Crust and Upper Mantle

Crust Only

Upper Mantle Only

Upper Outer Core and Mantle

17.

Which is the thickest layer?

Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

Crust

18.

Which layer is the most dense?

Inner Core

Outer Core

Crust

Mantle

19.

What is the difference between the outer core and inner core?

the outer core is a liquid and the inner core is a solid

the inner core is a liquid and the outer core is a solid

the outer core is made of granite and the inner core is made of iron

The outer core has more pressure than the inner core

20.

The core is made-up of what two elements?

iron and nickel

iron and oxygen

nickel and silicon

oxygen and silicon

21.

Made mostly of silicon, oxygen and aluminum.

inner core

outer core

crust

mantle

22.

Which layer can be described as either Oceanic or Continental?

crust

mantle

outer core

inner core

23.

The correct order of the Earth's layers starting from the OUTSIDE going IN is

crust, inner core, mantle, outer core

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

24.

Which layer of earth is represented by A?

Outer Core

Inner Core

Mantle

Crust

25.

The cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle; broken into pieces or segments called plates

Mantle

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

Crust

26.

Which layer is responsible for creating a magnetic field?

lower mantle

inner core

upper mantle

outer core

27.

The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?

Oxygen and Silicon

Silicon and Magnesium

Nickel and Iron

Iron and Magnesium

28.

Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?

Outer Core

Inner Core

Mantle

Lithosphere

29.

Where is the Earth's crust the thickest?

Oceans

Equator

Mountains

North and South Poles

30.

What is the outer core made of?

solid rock

solid metal

melted rock

melted metal

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Earth's Layers and Their Properties

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

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