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Label the
Outer Layers of the Earth
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Read the definitions below, then label the
outer layers of the Earth.

Continental Crust - the thick parts of the Earth's
crust, not located under the ocean.
Lithosphere - the crust plus the
rigid, upper mantle.
Lower Mantle (semi-rigid) - the
deepest parts of the mantle, just above the core.
Mohorovicic discontinuity -
separates the crust and the upper mantle.
Ocean - large bodies of water
sitting atop oceanic crust.
Oceanic Crust - thin parts of
the Earth's crust located under the oceans.
Upper Mantle (rigid) - the
uppermost part of the mantle, part of the Lithosphere.
Upper Mantle (flowing) = Asthenosphere
- the lower part of the upper mantle that exhibits plastic
(flowing) properties. It is located below the lithosphere (the
crust and upper mantle).
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