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Inner Core |
Earth's innermost part; it is composed of an iron–nickel alloy and some light elements. |
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Outer Core |
The outer core of the Earth is a fluid layer about 1,400 miles thick, composed of iron and nickel. |
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Mantle |
The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks. |
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Crust |
The outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists, especially the part of the earth above the mantle. |
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Lithosphere |
The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. |
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Asthenosphere |
The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur. |
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Compositional |
What something is made of. |
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Physical |
Something that has touchable properties; solid or liquids. |
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Mesosphere |
The region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles in altitude. |
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Seismological |
The branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena. |
