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11 Cards in this Set
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Lithosphere |
Outer layer; cold; made from crust and upper mantle |
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Convergent boundaries |
Plates slide past each other |
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Transform fault |
Thicker than oceanic; contains land masses |
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Oceanic crust |
Beneath ocean; denser then continental |
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Crust |
Rocky outer layer |
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Outercore |
Beneath the mantle; made of liquid iron |
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Inner core |
Made of solid nickel and iron |
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Asthenesphere |
Beneath lithosphere ; made of mantle |
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Mantle |
Makes up 83% of earth's volume |
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Divergent boundaries |
When plated move away from each other |
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Convergent boundaries |
When edges move towards each other and collide |
