Name: ____________________
Layers of the Earth Practice: Color by Number
Directions: Answer each question by circling the correct choice. After you have
completed all the questions, color the picture using the assigned colors.
Question
Choice A
Choice B
Choice C
1. What is the thinnest
layer?
Crust (orange)
Inner core (light
blue)
Mantle (dark
green)
2.The middle layer is the
Crust (yellow)
Mantle (red)
Core (dark blue)
3.Oceanic crust is ____
dense than continental
crust
More (pink)
Less (lime)
The same (gray)
4.The core has ____
parts.
Three (dark green)
One (indigo)
Two (purple)
5.Convection currents
occur in the
Mantle (light green) Core (dark green)
Crust (orange)
6.We live on which layer
Core (orange)
Mantle (light blue)
Crust (light blue)
7.The most dense layer,
due to intense pressure, is
the
Core (yellow)
Crust (orange)
Mantle (magenta)
8.The core is made of iron
and ________.
Carbon (dark
green)
Nickel (light blue)
Oxygen (baby
blue)
9.The deeper you go, the
temperature ______.
Increases (yellow)
Decreases (black)
Stays the same
(orange)
10.Convection currents
move materials in what
motion?
Triangular (purple)
Straight line
(yellow)
Circular (dark
green)
11.The crust and the top of Lithosphere (pink)
the mantle together make
up the
Asthenosphere
(dark red)
Core (light purple)
12.The mantle is hot,
______, rock.
Liquid (baby pink)
Softened (dark
blue)
Solid (forest green)