Characteristics of the Lithosphere
Across
- 2. Earth's outermost layer, it's cold, thin, and the brittle outer shell is made of rock.
- 4. It is denser, weaker, it is the upper mantle of the earth and is the layer beneath the lithospheric mantle.
- 5. It is the middle most layer of the inner part of the earth and it makes up a whopping 84% of Earth’s total volume.
Down
- 1. it is about 2,200 kilometers thick, is mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel, it is very hot, between 4,500° and 5,500° Celsius.
- 3. it is a hot, dense ball of mostly iron, It has a radius of about 1,220 kilometers. The temperature is about 5,200° Celsius.