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Earth layer vocab
6th earth science vocab
Term | Definition |
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asthenosphere | Is the weak solid plastic-like part of the upper mantle of Earth. It lies below the lithosphere. |
Core | Two part layer of the Earth below the mantle with liquid outer core and solid inner core. |
Density | The amount of space something takes up in an object or how thick something is |
inner core | Solid nickel and iron at the center of earth. |
outer core | liquid nickel and iron that surrounds the inner core where electricity is made by convection currents creating the earths magnectic |