Earth's Layers Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Asthenosphere | a layer of hot soft rock in the upper mantle |
Composition | the material that something is made up of |
Crust | a thin layer of rock that surrounds the Earth |
Density | the quantity of matter in a given amount of space; density determines if an material sinks or floats. |
Lithosphere | the crust and the very top portion of the mantle together |
Mantle | Earth’s thickest layer, it has a more rigid upper portion and a softer, lower portion |
Outer core | a layer of hot liquid metals surrounding the inner core |
Inner Core | a ball of hot, solid metals at the center of Earth (mostly iron and nickel) |
Magma | hot fluid rock within or beneath the earth’s crust (pockets of magma can be found in the mantle) |
Hot spots | places in the crust where heated fluid rock (magma) rises in thin columns from the mantle |
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