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  • What layer is between the Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust?
    Mantle
  • What is convection?
    Heat rising and falling inside the mantle create currents which slowly move the plates in the earth's crust.
  • 4. The theory that states that pieces (or plates) of Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion driven by movement in the mantle is called
    The theory of plate tectonics
  • What makes up the inner core?
    Iron
  • What is the part of the earth on which we walk?
    Crust
  • What is the center of the earth?
    Inner Core
  • What is the center of the earth?
    Inner Core
  • The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a
    Convergent boundary
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