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| the rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth , composed of mostly basalt and granite, it is thinner and under the oceans |
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| the solid iron-nickel center of the Earth that is very hot and under great pressure |
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| a rocky layer located under the crust-it is composed of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, iron, aluminum, and calcium |
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| the molten iron-nickel layer that surrounds the inner core |
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| the thick parts of the Earth's crust, not located under the oceans |
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| the crust plus the rigid, upper mantle |
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| the deepest parts of the mantle, just above the core |
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| mohorovicic discontinuity |
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| separates the crust and the upper mantle |
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| large bodies of water sitting atop oceanic crust |
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| thin parts of the Earth's crust located under the oceans |
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| the uppermost part of the mantle, part of the lithosphere |
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| the lower part of the upper mantle that exhibits plastic(flowing) properties. |
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