LESSON 1 Origin and Structure of The Earth
LESSON 1 Origin and Structure of The Earth
LESSON 1 Origin and Structure of The Earth
THE CORE
THE MANTLE
The Crust of the Earth is composed of a great
variety of igneous, metamorphic, and
sedimentary rocks.
Earth’s mantle is a 2885-km thick shell of
rock surrounding the planets outer core,
lying beneath the thin crust, roughly
between 30 and 2900 km below the
surface.
With the thickness of 1216 km, Earth’s inner core
is mostly composed of solid iron and nickel.
surrounded by the liquid iron outer core
with a thickness of 2270 km