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Question 4 of 15Put these layers of the Earth in order, starting at the outermost layer and going inward.swap_vertCoreswap_vertMoho barrierswap_vertMantle layer with more convectionswap_vertMantle layer with less convectionSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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Question 4 of 15Put these layers of the Earth in order, starting at the outermost layer and going inward.swap_vertCoreswap_vertMoho barrierswap_vertMantle layer with more convectionswap_vertMantle layer with less convectionSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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The order of the layers of the Earth, starting from the outermost layer and going inward, is as follows:

  1. Mantle layer with less convection
  2. Mantle layer with more convection
  3. Moho barrier
  4. Core

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