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The Earth is composed of four main layers: the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. The crust is the outermost solid layer and is divided into the continental and oceanic crust. Below the crust is the mantle, which makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and is divided into the upper and lower mantle. The outer core is a liquid layer composed of iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core, the deepest layer which is a solid ball of iron alloy.

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Image courtesy of Wikipedia (2010). Image courtesy of Volcanolive (2010).
Earths interior is composed of 4 layers: 3 solid and 1 liquid 1. Crust 2. Mantle 3. Outer core 4. Inner core
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Outermost layer made of the lightest materials - rock, soil & seabed. Divided into: a. continental crust (made of granite) contains the different landforms b. oceanic crust (made of basalt) contains the landforms below the seafloor and ocean. Thickness ranges from 8km beneath oceans to 40km beneath continents. Continents are relatively light blocks floating high on the upper mantle.
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Upper mantle and lower mantle 2900 km thick (approx 84% of earths volume). Upper Mantle made of solid bedrock, contains most of the Earths mass. a. Lithosphere rigid, hard and make up the tectonic land plates. b. Asthenosphere soft layer beneath the Lithosphere. Lower Mantle denser and hotter than the upper mantle.
The Outer Core is the second to last layer of the Earth. It is a magma like liquid layer that surrounds the Inner Core and creates Earth's magnetic field. The Outer Core is composed of iron and some nickel. There is very few rocks and iron and nickel ore left in the Outer Core because of the Inner Core melting all the metal into liquid magma
Center of the earth - Deepest layer, 6250 km under the surface A solid ball of an iron alloy (sulphur & nickle traces). Solidified state due to intense pressure. 2400 km in diameter, high pressure, WHITE HOT like the sun - approx 6000尊C.

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Layers of the earth_MAP

  • 1. Image courtesy of Wikipedia (2010). Image courtesy of Volcanolive (2010).
  • 2. Earths interior is composed of 4 layers: 3 solid and 1 liquid 1. Crust 2. Mantle 3. Outer core 4. Inner core
  • 4. Outermost layer made of the lightest materials - rock, soil & seabed. Divided into: a. continental crust (made of granite) contains the different landforms b. oceanic crust (made of basalt) contains the landforms below the seafloor and ocean. Thickness ranges from 8km beneath oceans to 40km beneath continents. Continents are relatively light blocks floating high on the upper mantle.
  • 6. Upper mantle and lower mantle 2900 km thick (approx 84% of earths volume). Upper Mantle made of solid bedrock, contains most of the Earths mass. a. Lithosphere rigid, hard and make up the tectonic land plates. b. Asthenosphere soft layer beneath the Lithosphere. Lower Mantle denser and hotter than the upper mantle.
  • 7. The Outer Core is the second to last layer of the Earth. It is a magma like liquid layer that surrounds the Inner Core and creates Earth's magnetic field. The Outer Core is composed of iron and some nickel. There is very few rocks and iron and nickel ore left in the Outer Core because of the Inner Core melting all the metal into liquid magma
  • 8. Center of the earth - Deepest layer, 6250 km under the surface A solid ball of an iron alloy (sulphur & nickle traces). Solidified state due to intense pressure. 2400 km in diameter, high pressure, WHITE HOT like the sun - approx 6000尊C.