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Seismic waves |
Change speed as they move through different materials |
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Meteorites |
Made of iron nickel formed in early solar system |
Represent core |
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Crust |
Thine brittle outer shell |
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Oceanic crust |
Basalt lavas that flow onto sea floor |
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Continental crust |
22 miles thick on average thicker than sea crust |
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Mantle |
Hour solid rock |
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Core |
Metal liquid outer inner is solid |
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Lithosphere |
Crust and uppermost mantle |
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Asthenosphere |
Upper layer |
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Convection cell |
Volume of circulating fluid heated from below cooled from above |
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Plate tectonics |
Number of crystal plates |
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