Earth’s Structure

outer core upper mantle crust

lower mantle continents


Choose words from above to complete the paragraph below.

Around Earth’s inner core is the (1)____________. This layer is liquid metal. Above the outer core is Earth’s mantle. The (2)_________________ is hotter and softer than the (3)___________. The land on Earth’s surface is called the (4)____________________. Above water, the crust forms our (5)_____________, and below water it is the floor of the oceans.