The Earth's crust ranges in thickness from five to 25 miles. It is the outermost layer of the Earth and is divided into two types: continental crust and oceanic crust. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.
The Earth's crust varies in thickness but generally ranges from 5 to 25 miles deep beneath the continents and 3 to 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.
The atmosphere is divided into five layers: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The thickness of each layer varies, with the troposphere being the thickest at around 7-10 miles (11-16 km) and the exosphere gradually merging with outer space.
The thickest part of the Earth's crust is typically found beneath mountain ranges, where tectonic plates collide and push the crust upward, creating a thicker layer of rock. This thicker crust is known as continental crust and can be up to 70 km (43 miles) thick in places like the Himalayas.
The Earth's atmosphere is divided into five main layers: the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. They differ in characteristics such as temperature profiles, composition, and thickness. The troposphere is the lowest layer where weather occurs, while the thermosphere is the outermost layer where temperatures can reach thousands of degrees Celsius.
Tectonic plates are not below earth's surface; they would be considered "earth's surface." They are known as "crust" and can be either oceanic or continental. These plates and the upper mantle (known as the lithosphere) float on top of the asthenosphere. They can vary from between40-200 km in thickness.
The oceanic crust.
The Earth's crust varies in thickness but generally ranges from 5 to 25 miles deep beneath the continents and 3 to 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.
It is many hundreds of miles from mount Everest to the sea but if there was a "sea level" under the mountain peak it would be about five miles below the highest point. (The Earth really is fairly smooth if you look at it from space- the thickness of the layer of clear varnish on the surface of a one foot diameter world globe is greater than the breathable atmosphere's thickness)
The first layer of the atmosphere within the first five miles above the Earth's surface is the troposphere. This layer is where most weather phenomena occur, and temperature usually decreases with altitude in this layer.
The atmosphere is divided into five layers: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The thickness of each layer varies, with the troposphere being the thickest at around 7-10 miles (11-16 km) and the exosphere gradually merging with outer space.
Layer Five was created in 1997.
Layer Five ended in 1999.
There are five layers of atmosphere that protect the earth from the sun and other space debris. The thickest layers are located near the surface and thins out with height until it merges with the bare space. The five surface from the surface to earth; troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere , and exosphere respectively. The Stratosphere is where the ozone layer is formed with just about 3 millimeters thick and 20 km above the earth surface.
1.9mm
1.9mm
No. The ozone layer sits in the Earth's stratosphere, 10 to 50 kilometers or 6 to 31 miles from the Earth's surface.
180 km