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Earth layer's vocab
Earth layers 8/9/2022 6th grade
Term | Definition |
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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 surround the inner core where eletricity is made by convection current creating the earth magnetic field |
Mantle | the thickest playdough-like or plasic like layer of earth between the crust and the core |
plasticity | Material in the asthenosphere that solid and yet can flow |