06: earth interior vocabulary nathan walter

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Page 1: 06: Earth Interior Vocabulary Nathan Walter

Nathan Main, Justin Butcher, and Nathan Walter

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The earth’s crust is the layer of the earth in witch we live on.

It is also the thinnest layer.

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The mantle is made up of two layers the upper mantle and lower mantle.

The mantle is also the thickest layer.

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The inner core is made up of solid Iron and Nickel.

The outer core is made up of a liquid of Iron and Nickel.

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P-waves stand for primary waves, and they can flow through solids and liquids.

S-waves stand for secondary waves, and they also can flow through solids but not liquids.

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The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.

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The soft layer of the mantle and the lithosphere floats on it.

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A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. One of four spheres into which scientists divide Earth.

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A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth.