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Everything that surrounds us

Environment

is thin and measures between 5 to 10 km thick which is composed of BASALT

Ocean crust



Density: 3 g/cm^3

is 20 to 70 km thick and is composed of LIGHTER GRANITE

Continental crust

causes continental and oceanic crust to move across asthenosphere

Convection currents

ability to rise and sink, where crust floats on mantle

Isostacy

2900 km thick




Ultramatic rock, olivine and pyroxine

Mantle



Peridoptite

Layer of mantle from 100 to 200 km

Asthenosphere

Upper mantle


Lower mantle (hot and plastic)

670 km670 to 2900 km

7000 km thick that is rich in iron and nickel

Core

Theorized to be solid


Density: 13 g/cm^3



liquid: 11 g/cm^3

Inner core



Outer core

Aggregate units of the earth's crust

Rock

Formed or crystallized from hot molten rock known as magma (igneous-fire rock)

Igneous rock

Liquid form within the earth's



Outisde

Magma


Lava

Magma to rock, form outside


Magma to rock, form inside

Extrusive igneous rock


Intrusive igneous rock

Rocks formed from sediments

Sedimentary rocks

Rocks from igneous and sedimentary

Metamorphic rocks

metamorphism from



-limestone


-shale


-quart sedimentary

-marble


-slate


-quartzites

naturally occurring substances in rocks, fundamental substances and cannot be broken

Minerals

mixture of metallic mineral with Gaunge

Ore

One atom of metal per 2 atoms of sulfur

Mineral pyrite ( Fool's gold)