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Earth’s Interior Study Guide
Name that layer: Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, or Inner Core?
1. Densest layer _______Inner Core_________
2. Coolest layer______Crust___________
3. Floats inside the melted iron, the outer core_Inner Core
4. Composed of iron and nickel, causing earth’s magnetic
field___Outer Core
5. Located below the crust___Mantle
6. The thickest part of Earth’s interior___Mantle
7. Solid iron, due to pressure____Inner Core
8. Thinnest layer____Crust_
9. Under the mantle, liquid layer__Outer Core
10. Solid rock, outer most layer_____Crust
Review Questions:
11. What happens to the temperature as you travel to the center of
the Earth?It increases
12. What happens to the density as you travel to the center of the
Earth? It increases
13. What is oceanic crust composed of? ________Basalt
14. What is continental crust composed of? ____Granite
15. Put the layers of Earth’s interior in order from highest to lowest
temperature. Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
16. The thickest layer of Earth’s interior is the______Mantle__; the
thinnest layer is the _Crust__.
17. Draw and label the layers of Earth’s Interior.