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Lithosphere
This is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
Asthenoshpere
This layer is responsible for moving Earth's Tectonic plates.
Mesosphere
This layer is the largest layer and is described as "plastic".
Outer Core
This layer is responsible for creating a magnetic field around the Earth.
Inner Core
This layer is the hottest and most dense.
Plate Tectonics
The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape.
Divergent Plate Boundary
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
Convergent Plate Boundary
The boundary formed by the collision of two lithosphere (tectonic) plates.
Transform Plate Boundary
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
Fault
A break in a body of Rock along which one rock slides relative to another.
