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Earth's Structure

Mountain building and Earth's Layers

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interiorThe inside part of something.
crustOuter most layer of the Earth.
outer coreLayer of Earth's interior made of liquid metal
lithosphereMade up of crust and just below it.
continent crustMade up of granite (is thicker).
ocean crustMade up of basalt (is thinner).
folded mountainscreated by a bend in the rock layers
faultA crack in the rock along which motion has taken place.
upwarped mountainsformed when crust is pushed up by forces inside Earth
fault-block mountainsmade of huge, tilted blocks of rocks
asthenosphereLocated just below the lithosphere (also known as plastic mantle).
volcanic mountainsformed when molten material reaches the surface and piles up creating a cone-shaped structure


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