Layers Of The Earth (Sem. 1)

Question 1

Earth’s outermost and thinnest layer?

Answer 1

Crust

Question 2

Made up of crust and upper mantle. Consists of solid rock plates moving that hold the ocean and continents.

Answer 2

Lithosphere

Question 3

Directly beneath the Lithosphere, semi-liquid zone in the upper mantle

Answer 3

Asthenosphere

Question 4

Subdivided into 2 regions, upper and lower, made of hot semisolid rock and located below the crust.

Answer 4

Mantle

Question 5

Liquid layer, made of nickel and iron, located roughly 1,800 to 3,200 miles below the surface and is about 1,400 miles thick

Answer 5

Outer Core.

Question 6

Extremely hot solid sphere of iron and nickel, located at the center of the Earth.

Answer 6

Inner Core