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Earth structure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| erosion | the wearing away of soil and rock |
| landform | features that have been sculpted by Earth's surface and resulting from forces within Earth |
| density | amount of matter an object has per unit of volume |
| lava | magma located at earths surface |
| magma | molten or liquid, rock material |
| mineral | inorganic solid that has crystal structure and definite chemical composition |
| rock | natural solid mixture of particles |
| rock cycle | the series of processes that change one rock into another |
| sediment | rock that is broken down into smaller pieces or that is dissolved in water |
| asthenosphere | the plastic but still mostly solid layer of the mantle |
| core | dense metallic center of Earth |
| lithosphere | brittle outer layer of earth formed by the crust and uppermost mantle |
| mantle | thick middle layer below the crust |
| uplift | any process that moves the surface of Earth to a higher elevation |