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  1. Feb 2, 2023 · The earth’s internal structure is made up of three major layers: the crust, the mantle, and the core, The mantle and the core are further subdivided to form five distinct layers in total.

  2. Aug 1, 2023 · The four primary layers are the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core. However, geologists subdivide these layers into a complex structure that better describes the Earth’s intricate composition and behavior.

  3. Jan 23, 2020 · The right half of the globe is a photograph of Earth, with oceans, continents, and white swirling clouds. The left half is a half circle with six layers. These are labelled and illustrated using the colours from the diagram above. The central layer is a yellow half-circle labelled "Inner Core."

    • Crust. The earth’s crust is the planet’s outermost layer. It contains all biological life as yet known, yet it is the shallowest layer of all. Some scientists compare the earth’s crust to the top crust on an apple pie – delicate, thin, and covering a piping hot interior.
    • Mantle. The mantle is the second chemical layer of the earth. It is composed of mostly melted rocks, depending on where you are in the depth of the earth.
    • Liquid Outer Core. The core of the earth is composed mainly of nickel and iron, which originated from meteor strikes when the world was first forming.
    • Solid Inner Core. The solid inner core of the earth is about 70% of the size of the moon. Its radius, the distance from its center to its outer edge, is estimated to be about 759 miles.
  4. Dec 15, 2020 · There are seven major plates: the Pacific, North American, Eurasian, African, Antarctic, Indo-Australian, and South American and 10 minor plates: Somali, Nazca, Phillipine Sea, Arabian, Caribbean, Cocos, Caroline, Scotia, Burma, and the New Hebrides plates. Mantle.

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  6. Earth consists of three main layers: the crust, the mantle, and the core (Figure 3.3). The core accounts for almost half of Earth’s radius, but it amounts to only 16.1% of Earth’s volume. Most of Earth’s volume (82.5%) is its mantle, and only a small fraction (1.4%) is its crust. Figure 3.3 Earth’s interior. Right- crust, mantle, and ...

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