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Earth's interior
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- Summary
- The Earth is a sphere made up of several layers which are physically different from one another. The core at the centre is metallic, hot and dense. The mantle around it (80% of the Earth’s volume) is a layer of rock subjected to high pressures and temperatures. The continents and the ocean floor make up the Earth’s crust, the outer layer.
Illustrations are drawn to scale.
- Learning objectives
- To develop understanding of the structure of the Earth’s interior.
- To illustrate the importance of proportions and the concept of scale.
- How to use the animation
Rollover the layers to display their characteristics.
Click on
to see details of the upper layers.
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- Keywords
- Earth, temperature, chemical-composition, lithosphere, asthenospheric, mantle, inner-core, outer-core, Gutenberg-discontinuity, Mohorovicic-discontinuity, moho, peridotite, oceanic-crust, continental-crust, lithospheric, granitic-rock, basaltic-rock, cross-section,
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