Nina’s little universeA BIG BOOK OF LITTLE WONDERS
Pick a little adventurePlay at your own pace
FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE CENTER
Peek inside a planet
Travel from the outside to the center. Choose a numbered layer to discover what this planet is made of.
EarthOutside → center
Match the numbers on the planet to the layers.
EXPLORE THE LAYERS
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Crust
The thin, rocky layer we live on.
Look closely
The grainy pattern marks rock. Hot does not always mean liquid: Earth’s mantle is mostly solid.
Earth’s layers are shown as paper pieces. Their thicknesses are not to scale. Colors, textures, and thicknesses are teaching guides, not a view from a camera or a scale model.
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