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Imagine you are digging a hole to the center of the earth. In which order would dig through them?

inner core, outer core, upper mantle, lower mantle, crust
crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, outer core, inner core, upper mantle, lower mantle
inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, crust

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Crust, Upper Mantle, Lower Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
User Michel K
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The order in which you would dig through the layers is

crust → upper mantle → lower mantle → outer core → inner core

See the image below.

Imagine you are digging a hole to the center of the earth. In which order would dig-example-1
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