earth layers Flashcards
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Continental Crust
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Continental Crust is the layer of rocks that forms the continents
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Oceanic Crust
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Oceanic Crust is the thin part of the earth’s crust that underlies the ocean basins
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Lithosphere
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the Lithosphere is the solid outer section of Earth, which includes Earth’s crust as well upper part of the upper mantle.
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Asthenosphere
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It lies below the lithosphere
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Mantle
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The mantle is a layer between the crust and the outer core.
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Outer Core
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The outer core of the Earth is a liquid layer composed of iron and nickel that lies above Earth’s solid inner core and below its mantle.
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inner Core
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is the Earth’s innermost part
