Erth Flashcards by Justine Castro | Brainscape

Q

Solid

made of silicone oxygen
magnesium and iron

P and S waves travel through

top is part of lithosphere

Asthenosphere under lithosphere thickest

A

Mantle

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Q

Solid

made of igneous sedimentary metamorphic rocks

continents thick granite

ocean in basalt

broken into plates

all seismic waves travel through

thinnest

A

Crusts

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Q

Liquid

iron and nickel

less pressure so it melts

Only p waves go through it

A

Outer core

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Q

P waves

solid

iron nickel

pressure from layers above cause it to be solid

A

Inner core

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