Sentence examples for outer layer of earth from inspiring English sources

The mechanically rigid outer layer of Earth, the lithosphere, is broken into pieces called tectonic plates.

A crust formed when the molten outer layer of Earth cooled to form a solid as the accumulated water vapor began to act in the atmosphere.

Still in the running is a huge impact that blew away an outer layer of Mercury.

Powered by a spring mechanism, the probe will hammer out a hole in half-meter increments until it hits bedrock beneath the rocky outer layer of Mars' surface.

All three models predict that the entire planet will spend a few hours engulfed in the outer layer of Siding Spring's coma, a cloud of gas that surrounds the nucleus.

That sulfur-rich material eventually mixed into the outer layers of Earth's core, which the team estimates contains about 8.5 quintillion (1018) metric tons of sulfur about 90% of the planet's supply.

Lithosphere, Rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and the solid outermost layer of the upper mantle.

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It is thus possible to conclude that the outer layer of the Baltic amber analysed objects was affected by environmental exposure, showing a porous, rough and opaque surface as a consequence of a change in the macromolecular structure.

A total solar eclipse forms a rare opportunity to observe the corona (the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere).

The Critical Zone (CZ) is defined as the outer layer of the solid Earth, extending from the vegetation canopy through the pedosphere and down to the bottom of the weathered bedrock zone.