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9 Cards in this Set
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Crust |
Earth's outermost layer made of light, brittle rocks |
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Mantle |
Under the crust, earths middle layer and is the thickest layer |
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Magma |
Melted rock below earths surface |
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Lava |
Molten rock (magma) that reaches earths surface.... flows to the surface of the crust |
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Lithosphere |
The crust and rigid upper part of the mantle |
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Tectonic plates |
Lithosphere is divided into giant, slow moving chunks of rock |
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Asthenopshere |
Soft layer in the mantle that flows like a very thick liquid |
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Core |
Earth's innermost layer |
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Magnetic field |
The area in which the magnets force is exerted |
