Layers of the Earth

Question 1

Crust

Answer 1

Earth’s outermost layer

Question 2

Mantle

Answer 2

The layer of hot, solid material between earth’s crust and core
Largest layer

Question 3

Outer Core

Answer 3

A layer of liquid iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of earth

Question 4

Inner Core

Answer 4

A dense sphere of solid iron at the center of earth

Question 5

Asthenosphere

Answer 5

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats

Question 6

Lithosphere

Answer 6

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust