Layers Of Earth Vocab

Question 1

Inner core

Answer 1

The sphere of solid nickel and iron at the center

Question 2

Outer core

Answer 2

The outer layer of earth’s core, made of liquid nickel and iron

Question 3

Mantle

Answer 3

The thin solid outermost layer of earth; made of less silicates either land or ocean

Question 4

Lithosphere

Answer 4

The cool rigid outermost layer of earth made of mostly oxygen + silicon in pieces called plates

Question 5

Asthenopshere

Answer 5

The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere

Question 6

Plasticity

Answer 6

A characteristic of the material in the asthenosphere, existing in a solid state yet able to flow

Question 7

Earth’s layers

Answer 7

The division of the composition of earth determined by either chemical composition or by state of matter.

Question 8

Chemical composition

Answer 8

The elements that make up a substance

Question 9

Physical properties

Answer 9

Characteristics that can be observed or measured without changing the substance

Question 10

Pressure

Answer 10

A variable that affects the state of matter of earths layers, thick rock=more force

Question 11

Density

Answer 11

The amount of matter in a given space or volume. A relationship between mass+ volume