Earth structure Flashcards
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What is the crust
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Outer layer, thin layer of rock surrounding earth.
2
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What is the mantle
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Found beneath the crust, thickest layer , made up of very dense rocks called peridotites
3
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What is a peridotites
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Type of dense rock
4
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What is the core
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Below mantle, spherical centre of the earth, made of a nickel-iron
5
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Lithosphere
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Crust and uppermost mantle.
6
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Asthenosphere
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Beneath the lithosphere,rest of the upper mantle
7
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Lower mantle
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More rigid , layer beneath the asthenosphere
8
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Outer core
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Liquid iron and nickel
9
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Inner core
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Solid iron and nickel
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