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Which layer of Earth is best characterized as a layer of soft, hot rock?

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Answer: I think it's the Mantle

Explanation:

It is predominantly solid but, on geologic time scales, it behaves as a viscous fluid, sometimes described as having the consistency of caramel

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Answer:

Mantle

Step-by-step explanation:

Scientists believe that below the lithosphere is a relatively narrow, mobile zone in the mantle called the asthenosphere (from asthenes, Greek for weak). This zone is composed of hot, semi-solid material, which can soften and flow after being subjected to high temperature and pressure over geologic time.

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