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11 Cards in this Set
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Crust |
Made up of relatively light and brittle rocks |
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Continental crust |
Older and thicker part of of the crust, which makes up the continents |
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Oceanic crust |
Rock of the ocean floor |
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Mantle |
Earth's middle layer thickest layer and is 66 % of earth's mass |
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Magma |
Melted rock below earth's surface |
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Lava |
Molten rock that reaches earth's surface |
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Lithosphere |
Crust and rigid upper part of the mantle |
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Tectonic plates |
Slow moving chunks of rock |
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Asthenosphere |
Soft layer in the mantle that flows like a very thick liquid |
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Core |
Earth's innermost layer and densest layer |
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Magnetic field |
Area in which the magnets force is exerted |
