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The outer core is devoid of rock, being composed mainly of liquid iron and nickel.
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What type of rocks make up the outer core?
The outer core of the earth is made of liquid metals, mostly nickel and iron. It contains small amounts of oxygen and sulfur.
What type of rock is found in the outer core?
There is no rock in the outer core. The outer core is liquid iron-nickel.
What type of sedimentary rocks form from the breakdown of larger rocks?
Clastic
What type of Earth layers are the lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere outer core and inner core?
They are physical layers as opposed to chemical layers.
What type of rock can only form on or near earths surface?
Sedimentary rocks are the type of rocks that can only form on or very near Earth's surface. Sedimentary rocks form from weathering processes that occur on Earth's surface.
What type of rocks make up the outer core?
The outer core of the earth is made of liquid metals, mostly nickel and iron. It contains small amounts of oxygen and sulfur.
What type of rock is found in the outer core?
There is no rock in the outer core. The outer core is liquid iron-nickel.
What type of rocks make up the earths core?
The Earth's core is not made up of rocks. It is made up primarily of nickel and iron.
What type of rock is the earth's outer core made of?
Earth's outer core is not made of rock. It is made of molten metal; mostly iron and nickel.
What type of rocks can be found in the inner core?
Any rock mostly igneous rocks but in their molten state, because the inner core has a too high temperature.
What type of sedimentary rocks form from the breakdown of larger rocks?
Clastic
What types of rocks form each type of magma?
igneous rocks
What type of rocks weather and erode to form sedimentary rocks?
all of them
What type of rocks can contain fossils on them?
Sedimentary rocks. and metamorphic rocks made form sedimentary rocks.
What type of Earth layers are the lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere outer core and inner core?
They are physical layers as opposed to chemical layers.
Type of fault that may form when rocks are compressed?
A reverse fault may form when rocks are compressed.
What type of land form is the Badlands?
rocks
