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The covers all of earth like a thin shell, but it is not a solid sheet of material. it is broken up into several large sections and many smaller ones. fill in the blank.

Some gamma ray bursts are hypothesized to come from mergers of neutron stars or black holes. if this hypothesis is correct, what else should we in principle be able to detect from such mergers? a. gravitiational waves b. x-ray bursts c. significant disruption of gas thousands of light-years away in the surrounding galaxy d. an "afterglow" of bright visible light, lasting for weeks

Which layer surrounds the center of the earth? a: crust b: core c: mantle