How to make an Earth Layer’s Diagram
NOTE – Please follow the directions carefully!
1. Color the four layers using this guide:
Inner Core – Red
Outer Core – Orange
Lower Mantle – Light Green
Middle Mantle – Yellow
Upper Mantle – Dark Green
Oceanic Crust – Dark Brown
Continental Crust – Light Brown
Ocean – Blue
2. Fill out the small squares with the correct information for each of the main layers of Earth,
using your textbook.
3. Cut out the layers. Cut out the small squares. Cut out the title.
4. Set the piece of construction paper in front of you – tall length. Glue the title in the bottom
left corner of your construction paper.
5. Glue the crust on the paper at the top of the paper, centered.
6. Glue the mantle below the crust, leaving 1/2 cm in between the layers.
7. Glue the outer core below the mantle, leaving 1/2 cm in between the layers.
8. Glue the inner core below the outer core, leaving 1/2 cm in between the layers.
9. Glue the 4 small squares on the paper, next to the corresponding layers.
10. Using a black pen or marker, complete the bracket that connects the two sections of the
lithosphere. ASK me if you are not sure where to do this.
11. Label the Diagram using the following terms (asthenosphere, continental crust, convection
currents, crust, inner core, lithosphere, lower mantle, middle mantle, ocean, oceanic crust, outer
core, upper mantle)
12. Put your name & block # at the top or bottom, wherever you have the most space.
13. Show me your finished product in order to get credit for your hard work.
Use your diagram to answer the questions on the next sheet.
Earth Layer’s Questions
Name________________________________
Block_________
Directions – Use your Study Guide to answer the following questions. You may also need
to use your textbook.
1. The planet we call Earth has how many layers?
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2. Write them (in order) from the center of the Earth to the outside.
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3. Name the THICKEST layer.
4. Name the THINNEST layer.
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The 2 types of crusts are ________________________ and _________________________
5. Imagine that you wanted to dig a tunnel through the Earth that comes out the other side.
How many kilometers would you have to dig? Figure it out and SHOW YOUR WORK!!
6. Write 4 interesting facts about the Earth’s Crust.
a.___________________________________________________________________
b.___________________________________________________________________
c.___________________________________________________________________
d.___________________________________________________________________
7. The crust and the upper mantle together make up a zone of rigid, brittle cool rock called
the ___________________________________
8. Write 3 interesting facts about the mantle.
a.___________________________________________________________________
b.___________________________________________________________________
c.___________________________________________________________________
9. What are convection currents? (What causes them? and what do they do?)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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10. Name 2 metals found in the outer core.
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11. The border between the outer core and the inner core is how many kilometers below the
crust?
__________________________
12. The inner core is the hottest layer of the Earth, yet it is a solid. What causes it to be a
solid?
___________________________
13. What is the temperature of each layer?
Crust Upper mantle Lower mantle Outer core Inner core -
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14. The lower mantle is also known as the ____________________________.
15. What is the difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere? List 2
differences between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.
Lithosphere
1._______________________________
1._____________________________
2._______________________________
2._____________________________
Asthenosphere
16. What is the difference between the continental crust and the oceanic crust? List 2
differences.
Continental Crust
1._________________________
2._________________________
Oceanic Crust
1._____________________________
2._____________________________