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DIRECTION: Draw the internal Structure of the Earth ( Crust, Mantle, Core ).

Label the parts and give all description of each.


CRUST MANTLE
While continental crust is The mantle is just one of
thick and light-colored, Earth's mechanical layers. It
oceanic crust is thin and is the largest and thickest
very dark. Oceanic crust is layer of the geosphere
only about 3-5 miles thick, stretching from below the
but continental crust is crust to the outer core
around 25 miles thick. 25 ~2,900 kilometers. The
miles may sound very thick, mantle makes up about
but the crust is actually the 84% of Earth's volume,
thinnest of Earth's three made up of mostly solid
layers, making up only 1% material
of Earth's volume

INNER CORE
Inner Core The inner core is a hot, dense
OUTER CORE
ball of (mostly) iron. It has a radius of
The outer core, which is liquid, is about 1300 miles
about 1,220 kilometers (758 miles).
(2092 km) thick. Both the inner and outer cores
Temperature in the inner core is about
consist primarily of iron and nickel and are
5,200° Celsius (9,392° Fahrenheit). The
extremely hot with temperatures ranging from
pressure is nearly 3.6 million atmosphere
7200–9000℉ (4000–5000℃). Mantle: Most of
Earth's volume is in the mantle

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