Multiple choice

Which of the following is not correct?

  1. The inner most layer of the earth is called crust.

  2. The core of the earth is extremely hot.

  3. Hot lava coming from the Earth's core proves that the earth is very hot.

  4. The mantle is a layer beneath the crust.

  5. The Earth's interior is composed of four layers.
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Explanation

No, the inner most layer of the earth is called inner core. The Earth's inner core is made up of iron and nickel. It has trapped gases and hot liquids under great pressure. Sometimes these gases burst out and explode outside the crust as volcanoes.

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