Inside Earth Worksheet

Name____________________________________________________ Period________________________Inside Earth Worksheet1. Draw and label a model of the Earth’s layers. Be sure to label both the compositional layers and physicalproperties layers. You may draw two separate models for each “type” of layers or just one.

2. Why is it difficult to determine Earth’s inner structure?3. What do scientists use to study the interior of the Earth?4. How are the asthenosphere and the lithosphere different?Match each term with its definition by writing the letter of the correct definition on the line after the word:5. Crust _____6. Outer Core _____7. Mantle _____8. Lithosphere _____9. Asthenosphere _____10. Mesosphere _____11. Inner Core _____12. Core _____a. compositional layer that is composed of iron and nickelb. partially molten layer of the upper mantle that behavesplastically and can flow like asphaltc. layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surfaced. the “middle” part of the Earthe. layer that is composed of both the crust and the upper part ofthe mantle that behaves like a brittle, rigid solidf. the layer made up of liquid iron and nickelg. hot, ultramafic rock layer that makes up 68% of Earth’s massh. the layer made up of solid iron and nickel