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11 Cards in this Set
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Outer Core
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Composed of liquid nickel and iron.
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Mantle
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Thickest of all of the Earth's layers.
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Lithosphere
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Composed of the uppermost portion of the mantle and the crust.
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Magnetic Field
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Due to the movement of the Earth's inner core.
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Asthenosphere
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Partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere.
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Inner Core
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Layer composed of solid iron and nickel.
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Crust
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Least dense layer out of all the layers.
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Density
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How much stuff is in a certain volume.
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Convection Current
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Magma moving in circular patterns due to heat, causing the plates to move around the asthenosphere.
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Not a liquid layer
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Inner Core
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The state of matter that the mantle or inner core is
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A solid
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