EARTHS LAYERS THE BALANCE BETWEEN HEAT AND PRESSURE

The Inner Core

Solid with a temperature 5,000-6,000 Celsius 1,250 Km thick and a density of 15 g/cm3

The sun is 5,500 degrees Celsius in the photosphere (an outer layer of the sun)
Inner core of the sun = 15,000,000 Celsius

the size of the moon

Inner core spins the same direction that the

earth rotates on its axis (counterclockwise)

Outer Core
2,200 km thick 4,000-5,000 Celsius Molten- melted iron and nickel Iron and dense like the inner core Very magnetic, so much so, that the force

reaches 60,000 km into space Density of 10 - 12.3 g/cm3

Thickness of 2,171 km Density 5.6g/cm3 Temperature 1400 to 3,000 degrees Celsius

Due to the convection currents in the lower mantle we have our driving force behind plate tectonics in the upper mantle

The upper Mantle is 720 km thick density of 4.4g/ cm3 Contains the asthenosphere (means weak) 620 km of the 720 upper mantle thick plastic like

layer, putty & taffy that the lithosphere and crust float on

Litho means rock rigid layer Consists of the Crust and part of the upper mantle = 80km thick Density 3.4g/cm3 Continental plates and Oceanic Plates are in the Lithosphere This layer rests on the Asthenosphere and they move due to the convection currents.

The least thick of all the layers which contains all of the life found on earth! 5-100 km thick Continental Crust density of 2.2g/cm3 Oceanic Crutst density of 3.0 g/cm3 The skin on an apple The Crust on a piece of bread The skin on a peach 99% of the minerals found in the crust are just these eight!

Conduction, Radiation and Convection