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erths layers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Seismic waves | |
| pressure | the continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it |
| crust | |
| Basalt | Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon. |
| Granite | Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. |
| Mantle | |
| Lithosphere | |
| Asthenosphere | The asthenosphere is the highly viscous, mechanically weak and ductilely deforming region of the upper mantle of the Earth. |
| Outer Core | |
| inner core |