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CRUST~the thin and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantle. |
CORE~the central part of the earths below mantle. |
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MANTLE~the layer of rock between the earths crust and core. |
lithosohere~the solid outer layer of the earth the contisits of the crust and rigid upper partb of the mantle. |
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asthenosphere~the soft of the mantle on witch the tectonic plates move. |
MESOSPHERE~the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core. |
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TECTONIC PLATE~a block of lithosphere that constist of the crust and riged outermost part of the mantle |
CONTENINTAL DRIFT~the hypothesis the states that the continents once a single landmass that broke up and drifted to their present locations. |
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SEA~FLOOR SPREADING~the process by wich new oceanic lisophere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies. |
PLATE TECTONICS~the thoery that eplains how large pieces of the earths outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape. |
