Layer

Of part.

A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another.

This concept's ID is @1~45938

Atmosphere

  • stratosphere 1 facts

    The atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere.

  • troposphere 1 facts

    The lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude).

  • exosphere 0 facts

    The outermost atmospheric layer.

  • mesosphere 0 facts

    The atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.

  • thermosphere 0 facts

    The atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere.

Lithosphere

  • crust 5 facts

    The outer layer of the Earth.

  • surface 4 facts

    The outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three...

  • lithosphere 3 facts

    The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.

  • mantle 2 facts

    The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.

Mantle

Also contains

  • stratum 13 facts

    One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer...

  • hydrosphere 4 facts

    The watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor.

  • snow 3 facts

    A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground.

  • ozone layer 1 facts

    A layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration...

  • asthenosphere 0 facts

    The lower layer of the crust.

  • tropopause 0 facts

    The region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere.

  • cell wall 0 facts

    A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells;...

  • chromosphere 0 facts

    A gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona)...