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the outer layer of the Earth about 10 km thick under the oceans and up to 50 km thick on the continents
a) crust
b) mantle
c) asthenosphere
d) lithosphere
the largest layer of the Earth composed of very hot, dense, flowing rock found below the crust and above the core
a) crust
b) mantle
c) asthenosphere
d) lithosphere
rigid layer of Earth about 100 km thick, made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle
a) crust
b) mantle
c) asthenosphere
d) lithosphere
plasticlike layer of Earth on which the lithospheric plates float and move around
a) crust
b) mantle
c) asthenosphere
d) lithosphere
the solid, inner-most and hottest part of the Earth
a) lithosphere
b) asthenosphere
c) outer core
d) inner core
The outer or upper zone of the earth's core including the transition zone
a) asthenosphere
b) lithosphere
c) outer core
d) inner core
the ability to bend or be pressed into any shape
a) plasticity
b) asthenosphere
c) lithosphere
d) glass
energy that all objects have; increases as the temperature of an object increases
a) thermal energy
b) conduction
c) convection
d) radiation
the movement of energy through space as waves
a) thermal energy
b) conduction
c) convection
d) radiation
movement of heat from one point to another within a gas or liquid
a) thermal energy
b) conduction
c) convection
d) radiation
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