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Earth Layers

Describe the Earth Layers

TermDefinition
asthenosphere is the weak solid plastic-like part of the upper mantle of Earth. It lies below the lithosphere,
core two part layer of the Earth below the mantle with a liquid outer core and a solid inner core.
density the amount of space something takes up in an object or how thick something is
inner core solid nickel and iron at the center of the Earth
outer core liquid nickel and iron that surrounds the inner core where electricity is made by convection currents creating the Earth’s magnetic field
mantle the thickest playdough-like or plastic-like layer of Earth between the crust and the core
crust thin rocky ridge upper part of the lithosphere which is the outer most layer of the Earth
lithosphere cool, ridged or hard layer of the Earth that is made of the crust and upper mantle that is broken into big pieces of rock or plates
plasticity material in the asthenosphere that solid and yet can flow
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