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Earth's layers classified by their composition and their physical properties.
The earth has a total of 6 main layers.
it is most likely belived to be sphere
Mechanical layering of the earth: - Lithosphere (solid/rigid), 0-150km - Asthenosphere (solid/elastic), 150-660km - Mantle (solid/rigid), 660- 2900km - Outer core (liquid), 2900-5730km - Inner core, 5730-6400km Chemical layering of the earth: - Crust (oceanic and continental), 0-40km - Mantle, 40-2900km - Core, 2900-6400km
The composition of mercury is solid as well as earth.
inner core
Earth's layers classified by their composition and their physical properties.
crust mantel core the three main layers
Crust, mantle, core
Scientists have been able to determine the composition of earth's layers using various ways. In most cases, samples have been taken and studied so as to determine the layers of the earth.
The earth is composed of three layers. The crust of the earth contains the oceans and land, the mantle which is composed of rocks and precious metals, and the core that is made out of solid iron.
crust, mantle, core
changing composition of gases
The material is hotter and denser.
The material is hotter and denser.
Severals methods are all combined to give the scientist info on the layers of the Earth. For example they study the influence of the earth on orbits of the moon and other planets (mass distribution of the earth, mass density). They study the way seismic waves go through the earth which gives knowledge of layers. They use wave to sound. They examine sample of earth.
- By using seismic waves .