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Science vocab
September
Term | Definition |
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crust | the brittle, rocky outer layer of the earth |
mantle | the thick middle layer in the solid part of earth |
lithosphere | the rigid outermost layer of earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust |
asthenosphere | the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur |
core | the dense metalic center of earth |
magnetosphere | the outer part of earths magnetic field that interacts with charged particles |