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a very thin layer that measures between 0 and 60 km |
Crust |
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about 32 km makes up the land surface of the Earth |
Continental Crust |
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has a depth of 5-10 km and is made up of basalt |
Oceanic Crust |
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thickest layer of Earth almost 2900 km and making up 84% of the Earth’s volume |
Mantle |
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mantle is primarily solid but behaves as a.. |
viscous liquid |
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as the depth becomes near the core, the temperature increases |
Geothermal Gradient |
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upper mantle temperature |
600 to 900 degrees celsius |
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lower mantle temperature |
4000 degree celsius |
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responsible for earthquakes and other geological process |
inner mantle |
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a zone rigid, brittle rock |
lithosphere |
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this part of the mantle is solid in a plastic manner |
asthenosphere |
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the center of the Earth |
core |
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liquid 2300 km thick, composed of iron and nickel, 4000-5700 degree celsius |
outer core |
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is a solid ball with a radius of 1220 km, iron & nickel, 7000 degree celsius |
inner core |
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the difference between the state of matter of the inner and outer core |
very high pressure in inner core |
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inner core rotates opposite to the direction of the flow of the outer core creating an effect that influences the.. |
Earth’s Magnetic field |
