Understanding the Earth's Structure

This is the solid, brittle, outermost layer of the Earth.

This is the layer of the Earth between the crust and core; made of dense, iron-rich minerals.

This crust is thick and made of lightweight materials.

A sphere of hot, dense nickel and iron at the center of the Earth

This crust is thin and made of denser materials

The cool, rigid, outermost layer of the Earth

Lithosphere consist two of the uppermost part of the mantle called?

This moves around on top of the asthenosphere and can have both continental and oceanic crust

The solid, plastic layer of the mantle between the mesosphere and the lithosphere made of mantle rock that flows very slowly.

This is referred to as the middle sphere.

This is the outer shell of Earth’s Core

A sphere of solid nickel and iron at the center of the Earth