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A Slice Through The Earth

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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A SLICE THROUGH THE EARTH

Photo by Keith Williamson
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There are 4 layers of the earth: Crust, mantle,outer core and inner core.

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CRUST

  • It's the first layer
  • 8-65m thick
  • We live on this!
Photo by ArchesNPS
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MANTLE

  • It's 2900km thick and forms over half the earth.
  • The Rock is hard in the upper mantle but gets soft lower down.
Photo by wockerjabby
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OUTER CORE

  • It's 2200km thick
  • It's molten (melted rock)
Photo by Derringdos
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INNER CORE

  • It's 1260 km thick
  • It's solid
  • 5,500 degrees c
Photo by Martin Cathrae

Carla Coyne