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Earth Layers Vocab
Earth Layer Vocab-6th Earth science Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Ashenospere | is the weak solid plastic-like part of the upper mantle with a liquid outer core |
Core | Two part layer of earth with a 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 Nickle and iron in the center of the earth |
outer core | liquid nickle and iron hat surrounds the inner core where electricity is made by convetion currents creating the earths magnetic field |
litosphere | cold ,rigded or hard layer of the earth is made of the crust and upper mantle that is broken into big pieces of rock or plates |
Plasticty | material in the ashenosphere and yet can flow |