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Unit 4 Layers of the Earth

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Inner core   Ball of hot, solid metal at Earth’s center  
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Inner core   Very high pressure causes it to be solid  
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Outer core   Layer of liquid metal surrounding the inner core  
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Outer core   Less pressure and lower temperature than inner core  
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Mantle   Thickest layer of Earth made up of hot rock; less dense than core  
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Mantle   Uppermost part of mantle is cool and rigid. Just below that, the rock is hot and soft enough to move like a thick paste.  
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Crust   Thin layer of cool rock that surrounds Earth like an eggshell; 2 types  
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Continental crust   Includes all continents (less dense; mostly composed of granite)  
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Oceanic crust   Includes all the ocean floors(more dense; mostly composed of basalt)  
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Lithosphere   Made up of the crust and the cool, rigid part of the upper mantle.  
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Lithosphere   It is broken into tectonic plates and sits on top of the asthenosphere  
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Asthenosphere   Layer of hotter, softer rock in Earth’s upper mantle; flows like tar  
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Relative position   The location of something in comparison to its surroundings  
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Composition   The makeup of a substance; the composition of carbon dioxide (CO2) is one carbon atom and 2 oxygen atoms  
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Density   The amount of “stuff” present (mass) in a certain amount of space (volume)  
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Density   Mass/Volume  
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Convection currents   Hotter, less dense rock rises. Cooler, denser rock sinks back down, only to be heated and rise again  
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Convection   heat transfer by the movement of fluids  
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