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Outer Core
Composed of liquid nickel and iron.
Mantle
Thickest of all of the Earth's layers.
Lithosphere
Composed of the uppermost portion of the mantle and the crust.
Magnetic Field
Due to the movement of the Earth's inner core.
Asthenosphere
Partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere.
Inner Core
Layer composed of solid iron and nickel.
Crust
Least dense layer out of all the layers.
Density
How much stuff is in a certain volume.
Convection Current
Magma moving in circular patterns due to heat, causing the plates to move around the asthenosphere.
Not a liquid layer
Inner Core
The state of matter that the mantle or inner core is
A solid