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Layers of Earth
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atmosphere | the pocket of air that surrounds the Earth |
| crust | the solid rock that makes up the outer layer of Earth |
| mantle | the layer of hot, flowing rocks beneath Earth's crust |
| core | the center of the Earth |
| rotation | the spinning of a planet or moon on its axis |
| axis | an imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of the Earth |