Earth's Interior

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What is the Inner Core of the Earth?

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An extremely dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.

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Is the CRUST Earth's outermost compositional layer?

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True

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What is the Asthenosphere?

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A solid, putty-like layer made up of the upper mantle, located below the lithosphere.

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Where does gravity pull the densest material in a sphere?

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To the middle of the sphere.

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What force pulls the densest materials to the core of the Earth?

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Gravity.

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What is the composition of the Earth's Inner Core?

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Solid iron and nickel.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What is the difference between the outer core and inner core?

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The outer core is liquid, while the inner core is solid.

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What is the role of gravity in Earth's structure?

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Gravity pulls denser materials towards the center, forming layers.

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What is the upper mantle?

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The layer of the Earth located between the crust and the lower mantle, part of the lithosphere.