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Published on Nov 25, 2015

Layers of the earth

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LAYERS OF THE EARTH

BY ABBAGAIL HOWARD

INNER CORE

  • Solid
  • Made of iron
  • 800 miles wide
  • Center of the Earth
  • 1/3 of Earth's mass
  • 33% of Earth's mass
  • Part of core

OUTER CORE

  • Liquid
  • Made of magma
  • Part of the core
  • 1.400 miles wide

MANTLE

  • Between crust and core
  • Much thicker
  • Most of the Earths mass
  • Volcanic vents
  • 1,800 miles wide
  • mesosphere and asthenosphere

CRUST

  • Oceanic and continental crust
  • Part lithosphere
  • 5-25 miles wide, thinnest layer
  • Oceanic is denser
  • Outer most layer of the Earth
  • Cool layer
  • Contains tectonic plates

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