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Earths's Interior
Clipper Science
Question | Answer |
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Seismic wave | vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake |
Pressure | the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted |
Crust | the layer of rock that forms the earths outer surface |
Basalt | a dark dense igneous rock with a fine texture found in oceanic crust |
Granite | a usually light - colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust |
Mantle | the layer of hot solid material between Earths crust and core |
Lithosphere | a rigid layer made up of the upper most layer of the mantal and crust |
Asthenosphere | the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats |
Outer core | a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth |
Inner core | a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth |