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As a child, you might have wondered what you would find if you could dig<\/strong> a hole deep into the center of the earth. Scientists have also been interested in this question, and during the 20th century they were able to learn much information about the composition<\/strong> of the earth. However, they did not gain this knowledge by digging a hole deep into the center of the earth, because this is an impossible task. Scientists have infer<\/strong>red the composition of the earth by using several sources of information. First, they have carefully recorded and measured the “seismic <\/strong>waves” that are released by earthquakes. Second, they have observed the composition of meteorit<\/strong>es that have fallen to the earth’s surface from outer space.<\/p>\n Third, they have conducted laboratory experiments to determine the density<\/strong> of the earth and of different kinds of rocks. Let us now consider the structure of the earth itself. The earth is composed of three distinct layers, known as the crust<\/strong>, the mantle<\/strong>, and the core. The top layer is the crust, which is like a thin shell around the earth. The crust is composed of different kinds of rocks. Under the oceans and deep below the continents, the crust is made up of dense<\/strong> rocks, such as basalt<\/strong>, but the crust of the continents themselves is made up of lighter rocks, such as granite<\/strong>. The crust is only a few kilometres thick under the oceans, but can be 30 to 90 kilometres thick under the continents. Below the crust, the composition of the earth changes sharply at the point where the next layer, the mantle, begins.<\/p>\n This large layer is almost 3000 kilometres thick, and it makes up about two-thirds of the earth’s mass<\/strong>. The mantle consists of rocky materials such as silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide, and iron oxide. Even though temperatures are very high in the mantle, the rock is under such high pressure that it is unable to melt. However, the upper part of the mantle is almost in liquid form. Beneath the mantle, the core of the earth extends right to the very center of our planet, nearly 6400 kilometres below the surface. The core is itself divided into two parts: the outer part is liquid, and the inner part is solid. Scientists know that the core is at least partly liquid, because earthquake waves, which cannot travel through liquid, are stopped by the earth’s core. The earth’s core is very dense, being composed of iron and nickel. These metals are responsible for the earth’s magnetic field.<\/p>\n Of course, the crust, mantle, and core make up the solid parts of the earth, but we should not forget about the water and air that rest on top of the earth’s surface. About 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. A very small part of this water is the fresh water of lakes and rivers, but nearly all of this water is the salt water of the seas and oceans. In every 100 kilograms of sea water, there are about 3.5 kilograms of salt. More than three-quarters of this salt is common table salt, or sodium chloride, but there are also large amounts of magnesium chloride and other salts. Above both the oceans and the continents is the earth’s atmosphere. The air around us is made up mainly of nitrogen (about 78%) and oxygen (about 20%), with smaller amounts of argon, water vapor<\/strong>, carbon dioxide, and other gases.<\/p>\n The atmosphere is thickest at the earth’s surface, and becomes thinner at higher altitude<\/strong>s. Ten kilometres above sea level, the air pressure is only about one-fifth of what is found at sea level itself. At these high altitudes, the air becomes very cold, with temperatures more than fifty degrees below zero. Above these altitudes is found the ozone layer, where ozone molecules, each consisting of three oxygen atoms, protect the earth from the sun’s ultraviolet <\/strong>radiation. Thanks to the work of many scientists, we have now learned a great deal about the composition of the earth. But much more knowledge about our planet remains to be learned by future scientists!<\/p>\n dig<\/p>\n dig (for something) source 2 dig a hole\/trench\/grave etc They dig a small hole in the sand to bury their eggs. compositionsource 1 the chemical composition of the soil infer<\/p>\n Synonym: deduce Usage note: infer \/ imply source 2 infer something from something seismic<\/p>\n seismic waves<\/p>\n source 2 increased seismic activity source 2 densitysource 1 the density of a gas<\/p>\n source 2 crust<\/p>\n a thin crust of ice source 2 deep within the Earth’s crust<\/p>\n mantlesource 1 source 2 dense<\/p>\n a dense crowd\/forest source 2 Water is eight hundred times denser than air. source 2 granite<\/p>\n source 2 mass<\/p>\n calculating the mass of a planet source 2 The sun makes up 99.9% of the mass of our solar system. water vapour<\/p>\n source 2 water vapour We are flying at an altitude of 6000 metres. source 2
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\nsource 1
\nto make a hole in the ground or to move soil from one place to another using your hands, a tool or a machine<\/p>\n
\nto dig for coal\/gold\/Roman remains
\nThey dug deeper and deeper but still found nothing.
\nI think I’ll do some digging in the garden.
\ndig something <\/strong>to dig a ditch\/grave\/hole\/tunnel
\n(British English) I’ve been digging the garden<\/p>\n
\nto move earth, snow etc, or to make a hole in the ground, using a spade or your hands<\/p>\n
\ndig down <\/strong>Dig down about 6 inches.
\ndig for <\/strong>birds digging for worms<\/p>\n
\nthe different parts which something is made of; the way in which the different parts are organized<\/p>\n
\nthe composition of the board of directors
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\nto reach an opinion or decide that something is true on the basis of information that is available<\/p>\n
\ninfer something (from something)<\/strong> Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context.
\nReaders are left to infer the killer’s motives.
\ninfer that\u2026 <\/strong>It is reasonable to infer that the government knew about these deals.<\/p>\n
\nInfer and imply<\/strong> have opposite meanings. The two words can describe the same event, but from different points of view. If a speaker or writer implie<\/strong>s something, they suggest it without saying it directly:
\nThe article implied that the pilot was responsible for the accident.
\nIf you infer<\/strong> something from what a speaker or writer says, you come to the conclusion that this is what he or she means:
\nI inferred from the article that the pilot was responsible for the accident.
\nInfer is now often used with the same meaning as imply<\/strong>. However, many people consider that a sentence such as Are you inferring that I\u2019m a liar? is incorrect, although it is fairly common in speech.<\/p>\n
\nto form an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you have<\/p>\n
\nA lot can be inferred from these statistics.
\ninfer that <\/strong>From the evidence we can infer that the victim knew her killer.<\/p>\n![\"seismic\"](\"https:\/\/salamzaban.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/seismic-building-dabgerous-2.webp\")
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\nconnected with or caused by earthquakes<\/p>\n
\nrelating to or caused by earthquakes:<\/p>\n
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\na piece of rock from outer space that hits the earth’s surface<\/p>\n
\na piece of rock or metal from space that has landed on Earth<\/p>\n
\nthe thickness of a solid, liquid or gas measured by its mass per unit of volume<\/p>\n
\nthe relationship between the mass of something and its size<\/p>\n![\"crust\"](\"https:\/\/salamzaban.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/crust-map-2.webp\")
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\na hard layer or surface, especially above or around something soft or liquid<\/p>\n
\nthe earth’s crust<\/p>\n
\nthe hard outer layer of the Earth:<\/p>\n
\nthe part of the earth below the crust and surrounding the core<\/p>\n
\nthe part of the Earth around the central core<\/p>\n![\"dense\"](\"https:\/\/salamzaban.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/dense-weather-car-foggy-light-2.webp\")
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\ncontaining a lot of people, things, plants, etc. with little space between them<\/p>\n
\nareas of dense population<\/p>\n
\na substance that is dense has a lot of mass in relation to its size:<\/p>\n
\nbasalt<\/p>\n![\"basalt\"](\"https:\/\/salamzaban.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/basalt-dark-green-black-rock-2.webp\")
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\na type of dark rock that comes from volcanoes<\/p>\n
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\na type of hard grey stone, often used in building<\/p>\n
\na very hard grey rock, often used in building<\/p>\n![\"mass\"](\"https:\/\/salamzaban.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mass-2.webp\")
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\nthe quantity of material that something contains<\/p>\n
\nHelp Weight is used in non-technical language for this meaning.<\/p>\n
\nthe amount of material in something:<\/p>\n
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\na mass of very small drops of liquid in the air, for example steam<\/p>\n
\na mass of very small drops of a liquid which float in the air, for example because the liquid has been heated:<\/p>\n
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\nthe height above sea level<\/p>\n
\nThe plane made a dive to a lower altitude.<\/p>\n
\nthe height of an object or place above the sea<\/p>\n
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