The Core,
The metal core is mainly made out of Iron. The inner layer of the earth is made out of soled iron and the outer layer is made out of liquid iron.
The mantle,
It's made out of rock, causing the rock to behave a little liquid and a little solid.
The Crust,
Is a part of the earth that we humans can walk on,It's quite thin and breakable, The crust is 5-70 km deep, The crust is broken into enormous pieces called tectonic plates.
Tectonic Plates,
It's the bumping and rubbing that causes earthquakes and volcanoes. There is 6 large tectonic plates and a few smaller ones. They slowly move and bump against each other at a rate of a few milometers to up to 20 cm per year.
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