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- Q1The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.Asthenosphere30s
- Q2A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.Lithosphere30s
- Q3crust, mantle, coreCompositional Layers30s
- Q4earths crust located under the oceanOceanic Crust30s
- Q5The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and is 20-50 km thickContinental crust30s
- Q6Earth's outermost layerCrust30s
- Q7the layer of the earth between the crust and the coremantle30s
- Q8A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of EarthInner Core30s
- Q9A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of EarthOuter Core30s
- Q10lithosphere, asthenosphereMechanical Layers of Earth30s
- Q11rock that forms when magma cools and solidifiesIgneous Rock30s
- Q12rock that has been changed by heat and pressureMetamorphic Rock30s
- Q13a rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sedimentsedimentary rock30s
- Q14The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment togetherCementation30s
- Q15as pressure increases with depth in the Earth, the melting point of rock increasesMagma Pressure30s