What is The Earth's outermost layer?

The Earth's internal structure - We all knoh that The Earth is composed by layers separated through their properties.
@stvasile (7306)
Romania
February 9, 2007 4:22pm CST
Think well, it's a bit tricky
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shalwani
@shalwani (760)
• Pakistan
10 Feb 07
The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. This comprises the continents and ocean basins. The crust has a variable thickness, being 35-70 km thick in the continents and 5-10 km thick in the ocean basins. The crust is composed mainly of alumino-silicates.
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stvasile
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
10 Feb 07
That is wrong. The Earth's outermost layer is NOT the crust. Try again...it's really not that hard.
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Chiang_Mai_boy
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
11 Feb 07
I believe it is the Ionosphere But I am not certain.
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VKXY62
@VKXY62 (1605)
• Australia
11 Feb 07
Yep, I'd also go with the outer layers of the Earth's atmosphere, where spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit live and eventually get dragged down. When the shuttle flies around the night time side of Earth, its skin is glowing due to friction with the rarefied atmosphere.
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stvasile
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
14 Feb 07
And you are correct! The atmosphere is The Earth's outermost layer.
aisebastian
@aisebastian (210)
• Romania
9 Feb 07
its 1 am. i do not really want to know what is the earh's most outermost layer...
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stvasile
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
9 Feb 07
:D, :) ok, think it through the night and come back tomorrow with the reply
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