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Earth's Layers
Descriptions of Earth's Layers
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11th Grade
09/22/2014

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I am the rocky outer layer of the Earth. 

 

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Crust
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I am considered thin compared to other layers, but I am solid.


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Crust
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I'm mostly made out of silicates (rocks made of compunds of silicon and oxygen) and metal.

 

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Crust
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Sometimes I consist of mainly less dense rocks that make up the land mass that you live on. 

 

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Continental Crust
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I range in thickness from 8-75km.

 

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Continental Crust
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I am composed of mostly dense rocks.


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Oceanic Crust
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I am usually about 7km thick.

 

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Oceanic Crust
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I separate the mantle from the crust. 

 

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Moho (Mohorovicic discontinuity)
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I am a hot solid with liquid properties. 

 

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Mantle
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I extend about 2850km. 


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Mantle
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From top to bottom, heat and pressure is increased.

 

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Mantle
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I am made mostly of silicates and I am rich in iron and magnesium.

 

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Mantle
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I am made up of three layers. 

 

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Mantle
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I am made up of a layer of relatively cool, rigid rock. 

 

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Lithosphere
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I am a layer of softer, weaker rock that can flow slowly.

 

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Asthenosphere
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I am stronger, more rigid, lower part of the mantle and I go to the upper surface of the core.

 

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Mesosphere
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I am a large sphere of metal that occupies the center of the Earth.

 

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Core
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I am made mostly of iron. From top to bottom, pressure increases.

 

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Core
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I am so hot, I melt metal. My temperatures keep iron flowing, which creates Earth's magnetic field.

 

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Outer Core
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I am made of solid metal with very high pressure.

 

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Inner Core
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I have 3.6 million times more pressure that you do where you live.

 

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Inner Core
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It is estimated that my temperature is about 5500 degrees Celsius.

 

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Inner Core
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I am measured at 2260km.

 

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Outer Core
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I am measured at 1220 km.

 

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Inner Core
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