5905 science exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

core : Center of the earth; composed of iron and some nickel; solid inner core & liquid outer core mantle : the layer of of earth outside the core; mostly solid and makes up about 70% of Earth's volume crust : the rocky outer shell of the planet lithosphere : thin, upper part of the mantle and the outermost crust; the rock consists of cooler, brittle rock asthenosphere : below the lithosphere; contains malleable rock that can move over time igneous rock : molten magma that has ...