Forces Shaping Earth
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| the innermost layer of Earth's interior that is mostly solid iron | inner core
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| lies above the inner core and is made of molten metal | outer core
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| the largest layer of Earth's interior | mantle
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| Earth's outermost layer | crust
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| the rigid upper part of the Earth's mantle and the crust | lithosphere
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| sections of the Earth's crust that move around on the plastic like asthenosphere | plates
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| large fractures in rocks along which movement occurs | faults
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| when one plate sinks underneath another plate | subduction
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| mountains made of huge blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rock by faults | fault-block mountains
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| mountains formed by the folding of rock layers caused by compressional forces | folded mountains
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| mountains formed when forces inside Earth push up the crust | upwarped mountains
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| mountains that form when layers of lava pile up to form a cone-shape | volcanic mountain
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| the principle that Earth's lithosphere floats on a plasticlike upper part of the mantle called the asthenosphere | isostasy
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