| A | B |
|---|
| interior | The inside part of something. |
| crust | Outer most layer of the Earth. |
| outer core | Layer of Earth's interior where temp. is HIGHER than the melting point. |
| earthquake waves | Usd to determine the characteritics of the Earth's interior. |
| meteorites | Used to determine that the Earth's inner core is made of iron and nickel. |
| lithosphere | Made up of crust and just below it. |
| continent crust | Made up of granite (is thicker). |
| ocean crust | Made up of basalt (is thinner). |
| strata | Rock layers. |
| fold | A bend in the rock strata. |
| fault | A crack in the rock along which motion has taken place. |
| down-warping | Sinking of crust where rivers dump sedimnets into an ocean basin, like Gulf of Mexico. |
| mafic | Composition of ocean crust. |
| felsic | Composition of continent crust. |
| asthenosphere | Located just below the lithosphere (also known as plastic mantle). |
