Earth's Interior
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- Q1outermost layer of Earth; least dense layer; thinnest layer; where we livecrust120s
- Q2contains the crust and the rigid, top most part of the mantlelithosphere30s
- Q3the middle portion of the mantle that is made of hot rock that can flowasthenosphere30s
- Q4composed of the lithosphere and asthenosphereupper mantle30s
- Q5contains most of the Earth's volume, the thickest layermantle30s
- Q6composed of liquid iron and nickelouter core30s
- Q7composed of solid iron and nickelinner core30s
- Q8seismic (earthquake) wavesprovides indirect evidence about Earth's interior30s
- Q9made of basalt, it is more denseoceanic crust30s
- Q10made of granite, it is less densecontinental crust30s
- Q11increases with depthtemperature of Earth's interior30s
- Q12Earth's crust is broken into thesetectonic plates30s
- Q13flow in the asthenosphereconvection currents30s
- Q14the outermost layer of Earthcrust30s
- Q15both increase with depthpressure and density of Earth's layers30s