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Describe the five layers of the earth by providing the following information for each layer:

Name of the layer
Composition
Average temperature
Average thickness

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Lithosphere/ Crust- made of large plates that move, average thickness is 30 km, average temperature is 25 degrees Celsius

Inner Core- made of solid iron, 1,200 km thick, 7,000 degrees Celsius

Outer Core- made of a dense liquid of iron and sulfur, 2,250 km thick, 4,000 degrees Celsius

Lower Mantle- made of solid rock, 2,200 km thick, 3,000 degrees Celsius

Asthenosphere/ Upper Mantle- made up of solid rock that flows due to plasticity, 720 km thick, 850 degrees Celsius

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