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Earth’s Layers

Earth’s Layers. Crust. Mantle. Outer Core. Inner Core. Crust. Continental Crust – Mostly Granite. Oceanic Crust – Mostly Basalt Oceanic Crust is younger and Denser than Continental Crust. Mantle (Thickest Layer of Inner Earth).

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Earth’s Layers

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  1. Earth’s Layers Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core

  2. Crust Continental Crust – Mostly Granite Oceanic Crust – Mostly Basalt Oceanic Crust is youngerand Denser than Continental Crust

  3. Mantle(Thickest Layer of Inner Earth) Lithosphere – solid crust of the upper mantle that is made of tectonic plates Asthenosphere – Soft Layer of the upper mantle where convection occurs

  4. Outer Core * Only Liquid Layer * Melted Iron and Nickel * Magnetic Field is Generated

  5. Inner Core * Solid Iron and Nickel

  6. Layer of Earth on Youtube • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF9amNteUXc • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxd5YrEPyMY&list=PLD72D4735DAAAFE51 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAHY6965o08 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9j1xGaxYzY

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