KS3 Geography — Inside Earth — Free Worksheet

🌋 Introduce your students to Earth's structure with this free KS3 Geography worksheet — no preparation required, just download and use. Earth is made up of four layers — the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core — and movement in these layers drives tectonic plate activity, causing earthquakes and volcanoes, and this taster resource introduces the basics for students aged 11–14.

📦 What's included:

3 questions:

Multiple choice — the correct order of Earth's four layers

Fill-in-the-blank — covering solid, pressure, liquid, lithosphere, and tectonic plates

Short answer — explaining why the inner core is solid despite extreme heat, and why most earthquakes and volcanoes occur at plate boundaries

Full answer key included.

🎬 Watch the free video lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK6PqD-b3iI

👩‍🏫 Google Classroom ready — copy the link straight into your assignment. Print as many copies as your class needs.

🔓 This is a taster only. The full 100-mark worksheet goes deeper into all four layers in detail, how scientists use seismic waves to study Earth's interior, the mantle misconception, the Pacific Ring of Fire statistics and location, and the common misconception about where earthquakes and volcanoes actually occur — available on its own, or as part of the Complete Lesson Pack with extension activities. Save £1 buying the pack (£3 + £3 = £6 separately, £5 together).

Price: Free