Temperature - indirect source made of Silica & Aluminium layer (SiAl)

Volcanoes and rock - direct source Thickness - 5-70 km

Method
Meteorites - indirect source land part of crust

Earthquakes - indirect source Crust Continental Crust 30 km (thick/lighter)

made of Granitic rock

water part of crust

Oceanic Crust 5 km (thick/denser)

made of Basaltic rock

made of Silica & Magnesium (SiMa)

Thickness - 2900 km

Mantle Top layer - Solid form

Upper Mantle
division
Lower Mantle

Asthenosphere semi-molten form

made of Nickel & Iron (NiFe)
Earthquake
Core Inner Core Solid form - 2200 km
division
Liquid form - 1300 km
Outer Core
(shows magnetic properties)

Tectonic plates Earth’s Interior Discontinuity

measure magnitude

Magnitude - 0-10 Richter Scale

It is a limitless scale
Scales to measure
measure intensity
Mercalli Scale
Magnitude - 1-11

7 Major + few minor plates

Major plates marked in red & Minor plates marked in blue

Crust + Upper solid part of Mantle

Lithosphere Thickness - 10-200 km

Asthenosphere is not part of Lithosphere