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2nd quarter vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geosphere | The rock portion of the earth made up of four different layers |
| Asthenosphere | Soft. slow-moving layer beneath earths crust |
| Lithosphere | Earth's rigid outer layer, made up of the crust and solid upper mantle that is broken into plates |
| mantle | layer between earth's crust that is mostly less solid than the crust |
| outer core | liquid, metal later surrounding Earth's inner core. |
| inner core | The solid metal center of earth with high temperatures and pressure |
| crust | The thin, hard outer layer of the earth |
| which layers of the earth are liquid/soft, and which are solid. | The inner core is solid, the outer core is liquid, the ASTHENOSPHERE is SOFT |
| List the four layers of the geosphere | Crust, asthenosphere, lithosphere, mantle (I'm not sure if outer and inner core counts) |