Questions and Answers
What is the outermost layer of Earth?
What is the thickness range of Earth's crust?
5 to 64 kilometers
The crust is solid.
True
What percentage of Earth's volume is contained in the mantle?
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What is the thickness of the mantle?
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The outer core is solid.
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What is the thickness of the outer core?
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The inner core is solid.
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What is the radius of the inner core?
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Study Notes
Earth's Layers
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Crust:
- Outermost layer of Earth where life exists.
- Comprised of soil, rock, and water.
- Thickness varies: 5 to 64 kilometers; thickest under continents, thinnest under oceans.
- Comparable in thickness to an egg shell or apple skin.
- State: Solid.
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Mantle:
- Thickest layer of Earth, containing about 80% of Earth's volume.
- Extends from the base of the crust down to the outer core, approximately 2900 kilometers thick.
- Generally solid, but possesses plasticity, allowing some rock to flow like a thick liquid.
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Outer Core:
- Begins approximately 2900 kilometers below Earth's surface.
- Majority consists of molten rock, behaving as a hot liquid.
- Thickness is about 2250 kilometers.
- State: Molten liquid.
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Inner Core:
- Located beneath the outer core, starts at approximately 5150 kilometers deep.
- Extremely dense due to immense pressure.
- Has a radius of about 1300 kilometers.
- State: Solid.
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