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Earth Layers
The Earth Layers...
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How thick is the continental crust? | 10-70 km |
| How thick is the oceanic crust? | 5-7 km |
| How thick is the mantle? | 2000 km |
| How thick is the core? | 6306 km |
| How thick is the lithosphere? | 10-200 km |
| How thick is the mesosphere? | 660 km |
| Name the mechanical layers. | Lithosphere, Aesthenosphere, and the Mesosphere. |
| Name the compositional layers. | Continental and Oceanic crust, Mantle, and the Inner and Outer core. |
| What minerals make up the crust? | Silicon and oxygen. |
| What minerals make up the mantle? | Iron, nickel, oxygen and magnesium. |
| What minerals make up the outer core? | Iron and nickel. |
| What minerals make up the inner core? | Iron and nickel. |