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Earth's Layers
Study Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the outer layer of the Earth ? | The Crust |
| What is the layer below the crust & above the outer core ? | The Mantle |
| What is the layer under the mantle that has liquid metals including nickel and iron that flow slowly ? | The Outer core |
| What is the very center of the Earth (a solid ball of iron and nickel) ? | The Inner core |
| What is the Lithosphere ? | The crust and upper mantle of the earth. |
| What is the Asthenosphere ? | The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow & convection currents. |
| The very center of the Earth is a solid ball of ________ & ____________ . | Nickel & Iron |