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Inside the Earth
Term | Definition |
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Crust | Forms the Earths outer skin. |
Oceanic Crust | Thinnest made of dense basalt |
Continental Crust | Thickest, made of less dense granite. |
Mantle | Solid very hot rock. |
Lithosphere | Upper part of the mantle and the Crust. |
Asthenosphere | Upper mantle, right below the lithosphere |
Mesosphere | |
Inner Core | Solid metal, made of nickel and iron |
Outer Core | Liquid, a liquid molten metal, made of nickel and iron |
Core | Has two parts both made of nickel and iron. Inner and outer Core. |