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inner core
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a ball of hot, solid metals
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outer core
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a layer of liquid metals that surrounds the inner core
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mantle
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Earth's thickest layer, made of hot rock less dense than the metallic core.
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crust
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a thin outer layer of rock that surrounds earth. Includes continental and oceanic types.
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lithosphere
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Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle together. Is the most rigid of all the layers.
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asthenosphere
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a layer of hotter, softer rock in the upper mantle
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tectonic plates
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Large and small slabs of rock. Includes both continental and oceanic crust.
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