earth's layers💔🥀

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1 . crust

(8-64 km deep) = very thin,hard,outer layer of our planet

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  • oceanic crust

(8km deep) found under ocean floor, dense rocks

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  • continental crust

(100 km thick) found under land mass, less dense rocks

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2. mantle

(2800 km thick) extreme heat and pressure results sludgy and very slow moving liquid

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  1. outer core

(2200 km thick) temperatures of 4400 - 6100 ° - made from viscous(thick, sticky) liquid iron + nickel

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  1. inner core

radius = (1270 km thick) - solid ball of iron nickel alloy, abt same temp as surface of sun