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Asthenosphere The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it. Lithosphere Earth's crust & solid upper mantle, broken into tectonic plates. Crust The thin & solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle, made of less silicates than the mantle, composed of oceanic & continental crust. Mantle Solid layer between Earth's crust & core, made of silicates. Outer Core — A layer of MOLTEN (LIQUID) IRON & NICKEL that surrounds the inner core of Earth. — Layer surrounding the inner core
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