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The Structure Of The Earth In Detail

Education : Geography

1 - Inner Core

Centre of the earth, and hottest.
Solid.
Temps reach 5500C.
Iron and nickel are the metals here

2 - Outer core

Liquid.
Iron and nickel.
Very hot, temps reach 5000c

3 - Mantle

Semi-molten rock.
Approx 2900km diameter.

4 - Crust

Outer layer we walk on.
Between 0 - 60km thick

Disclaimer: the structure of the earth is not fully known, changes from time to time, and all results are inferred from experiment and not fully "known"


By: Chris

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