Science · Earth's structure
Layers of the Earth Quiz
Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core: what each layer is like.
- 🎓 Grades 4–6
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- 📐 MS-ESS2-3
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What is the outermost layer of Earth called?
- A Outer core
- B Mantle
- C Crust
- D Inner core
Which is Earth's thickest layer?
- A Atmosphere
- B Inner core
- C Mantle
- D Crust
Which layer of Earth is liquid metal?
- A Lithosphere
- B Crust
- C Outer core
- D Inner core
Which layer is solid metal at the very center?
- A Crust
- B Mantle
- C Inner core
- D Outer core
What metals make up most of Earth's core?
- A Iron and nickel
- B Aluminum and lead
- C Copper and tin
- D Gold and silver
Which is Earth's thinnest layer?
- A Mantle
- B Inner core
- C Outer core
- D Crust
Which layer is the hottest?
- A Inner core
- B Crust
- C Mantle
- D Ocean floor
Why is the inner core solid even though it is so hot?
- A Huge pressure squeezes it
- B It is made of ice
- C It is made of rock only
- D It is cooled by oceans
Where do we live?
- A In the inner core
- B In the mantle
- C On the outer core
- D On the crust
Which crust is thicker, oceanic or continental?
- A Oceanic
- B Continental
The crust and the top of the mantle together are the…
- A Lithosphere
- B Biosphere
- C Hydrosphere
- D Atmosphere
Large pieces of the lithosphere that move are called…
- A Cores
- B Craters
- C Magma chambers
- D Tectonic plates
What moves slowly in the mantle and helps move plates?
- A Ice sheets
- B Wind
- C Ocean water
- D Hot rock in convection currents
How have scientists learned about Earth's deep layers?
- A By using telescopes
- B By studying earthquake waves
- C By digging tunnels to the center
- D By drilling to the core
What is the softer, flowing layer of the upper mantle called?
- A Crust
- B Lithosphere
- C Inner core
- D Asthenosphere
The ocean floor is made of which type of crust?
- A Mantle
- B Continental
- C Core
- D Oceanic
About how far is it from Earth's surface to its center?
- A About 64 km (40 miles)
- B About 640 km (400 miles)
- C About 64,000 km (40,000 miles)
- D About 6,400 km (4,000 miles)
Which layer makes Earth act like a big magnet?
- A Mantle top
- B Atmosphere
- C Crust
- D Outer core
Which list goes from the surface to the center?
- A Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
- B Crust, outer core, mantle, inner core
- C Mantle, crust, inner core, outer core
- D Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
A model of Earth's layers is often compared to a…
- A Bowl of soup
- B Peach with a pit
- C Ice cube
- D Paper airplane
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