Label the Layers of the Earth

5th Grade ScienceLayers of the Earth3 pages

About this worksheet

Four layers of Earth are labeled on this 3-page 5th grade science sheet. Page 1 shows a cutaway circle with four numbered pointer lines. Students pick crust, mantle, outer core and inner core from a word bank and write solid or liquid beside each, with a note that one layer is solid rock that flows slowly. Page 2 adds a coloring key (the crust brown or blue, the mantle orange, the outer core yellow and the inner core red) and three review questions. The answer key is on page 3.

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Curriculum objectives covered

โ€œName the four layers of Earth in order from the surface to the center.โ€

Part 1 asks students to write the four layer names from numbered pointer lines.

โ€œSay whether each layer is solid or liquid.โ€

The state column in Part 1 and question 2 in Part 2 cover this.

โ€œIdentify the layer we live on and the thickest layer.โ€

Questions 1 and 3 in Part 2.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1 Earth's Four Layers

A circle with a quarter wedge cut away and four numbered pointer lines ending on the layers. Students write each layer's name and whether it is solid or liquid in a four-row table.

Part 2 Color and Review

A coloring key box and a second copy of the diagram. Three questions with two lines each ask which layer we live on, which layer is liquid and which layer is the thickest.

Answers

The names and states for the four rows, a coloring check, and the answers: the crust, the outer core and the mantle.

How teachers use it

Cover the bank

Hide the word bank for a short test. With only four names, most students recall crust and mantle quickly, and the outer core and inner core pair shows who still mixes them up.

Rock that flows

The note about solid rock that flows slowly suits a demonstration. Press a ball of modeling clay slowly between your hands to show how a solid can flow.

Pair with the scale model

Follow this sheet with Scale Model of Earth's Layers, where students measure each layer on a 13 cm strip.

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