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9 Cards in this Set
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Inner Core |
-Deepest Layer -5000-5700degrees Celsius -made of iron |
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Outer Core |
-made of liquid iron and nickel -about 4000 degrees Celsius |
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Mantle |
-most complex part -upper - 1000 degrees Celsius and made of solid rock - lower- 2500 degrees Celsius and made of plastic like taffy |
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Crust |
- thin layer of solid rock - 5 - 50km thick |
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Lithosphere |
-Rigid Layer - in the crust and upper mantle - about a dozen plates |
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Asthenosphere |
-semi molten zone in mantle below lithosphere |
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Plates |
-large pieces of Earth -fit together like a puzzle but can move |
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Convection Current |
Movement produced by the rising of a warm material and the sinking of a cool material. May be reason the reason for the movement of the lithosphere
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Magnetic Field |
A region of force around a magnet |
