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| The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle |
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| the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core |
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| The central part of the Earth below the mantle. |
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| wthis curst is in the ocean and made of baslt, the protion of earth's curst that is usually below the oceans and not associated with continental areas, thinner and higher in denstiy that continental crust and basaltic rather than granitic in composition. |
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| The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, nad is 20-50 km thick |
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| Is the solid, dense center of our planet that extents from the core to the center of the Earth. |
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| Is the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surounds the inner core. |
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| The outer most, rigid layer of the earth. |
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| Is a plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move. |
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| Is the strong lower part of the mantle called the mesosphere. |
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