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Chapter 7 Read pages 190-197

The Layered Earth
Complete this worksheet after you finish reading the section Inside the Earth.

Use the following terms to label the diagram below. Then, use the terms to fill in the blanks in the sentences
that follow. Terms may be used more than once.

A. crust
E. mesosphere

B. outer core
C. mantle
D. inner core
F. asthenosphere G. tectonic plate
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Hint: Where we live
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WHAT AM I?

8. I am part of the lithosphere, but I move around on top of the asthenosphere. I am a(n) ______________.
WHERE ARE WE?

9. We journeyed to the center of the Earth, and when we got there we discovered that the core has two
parts One part is liquid and is called the ______________________ The other part is dense and solid
and is called the ________________
10. How can scientists learn about the mantle if they cannot study it directly?

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