Layers of the Earth
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crust
Earth's outermost layer made up of the continental crust and the oceanic crust (where we live)
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lithosphere
A rigid/brittle layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.
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seismic waves
energy produced by an earthquake that travels through the Earth
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asthenosphere
the upper layer of the earth's mantle, (below the lithosphere) where the rocks are plastic (they stretch and bend)
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mantle
The thick layer of hot, solid rock between Earth's crust and core.
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outer core
A layer of molten iron and nickel that is in between the mantle and the inner core of Earth
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inner core
A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
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