Layers Of The Earth Flashcards

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Crust

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Any more or less hard or external covering or coating

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Mantle

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Portion of the earths about 1800 miles thick between the crust and core

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Outer core

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Liquid layer about 2260 kilometers thick

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Inner core

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Innermost hottest party’s detected by seismological studies

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Lithosphere

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The crust and upper mantle of earth

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Asthenosphere

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Upper layer of earths mantle below lithosphere

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Geomagnetism

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A branch of geology concerned with the magnetic properties of the earth

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Compass

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An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows direction of magnetic north and bearings from it

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Magnetic North

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The direction of which the north arrow of a compass needle or other freely suspended magnet will point in response to Earth’s magnetic field

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True North

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North according to the earth’s axis, not magnetic north

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Magnetic Field

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A region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism asks

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North Pole

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The northern point of the earth’s axis

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South Pole

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The southern point of the earth’s axis

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