Compare and Contrast Earth Layers
Layer
Location
Crust
The top Layer
Description
Temperature
Density
Composition
Parts of Layer
The least
dense layer
Continental Crust:
(part that we walk on)
Made of granite
Less dense
Oceanic Crust:
(under water)
Made of basalt
More dense
Mantle
The middle
Layer
More dense
than the
crust
Upper Mantle:
Mixture of solid and
molten rock
Lithosphere (tectonic
Plates)
Lower Mantle:
Mostly molten rock
Asthenosphere ( how
tectonic plates move)
Core
The inside layer
The most
dense layer
Outer Core:
liquid iron and nickel
Where scientists think the
Earth’s magnetic field
comes from
Inner Core:
Solid iron