Describe the characteristics of the following layers of the earth’s structure (i) Lithosphere (crust) (ii) The core

      

Describe the characteristics of the following layers of the earth’s structure
(i) Lithosphere (crust)
(ii) The core

  

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Kavungya
(i) Lithosphere/crust
- It is made up of two layers /sial and sima
- Sial is the upper layer and consist of silicon and Aluminium
- It extends between 6-80km
- Sima consists of silicon and Magnesium
- Sial mainly consist of granific rocks
- Sial has a density of between 2.65 to 2.70gm/cc
- Sial mainly consist of basaltic rocks
- Sima has density of between 2.7 to 3.0 gm/cc
- Sima is some how flexible

(b) Core
- It is divided into inner and outer core
- Outer core is mainly made of iron and nickel
- Inner core is mad up of iron
- Density of the core ranges from 12gm/cc to 17g/cc
- It has a radius of about 3450km
- The inner core is in solid state
Kavungya answered the question on May 29, 2019 at 06:54


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