Layers of the Earth
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- Q 1/14Score 0the thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle29Crust
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- Q1the thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantleCrust30s
- Q2the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and coreMantle30s
- Q3the central part of the Earth below the mantlecore30s
- Q4Crust about 30km to 100km thick that makes up the continentsContinental crust30s
- Q5Crust about 5km to 7km thick that forms the ocean floors- thinner or more dense than the continental crustOceanic Crust30s
- Q6made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantlelithosphere30s
- Q7the softer layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere (tectonic plates) moveasthenosphere30s
- Q8the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer coremesosphere30s
- Q9is the liquid layer of the Earth's coreouter core30s
- Q10densest and hottest layer of the Earthinner core30s
- Q11pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenospheretectonic plates30s
- Q12waves produced by earthquakes, scientist use these waves to calculate the density and thickness of the layers of the Earthseismic waves30s
- Q13A property of matter representing the objects mass/volumedensity30s
- Q14A circulation pattern in which material is heated and rises in one area, then cools and sinks in another area, flowing in a continuous loopconvection currents30s
