The ____ is solid and much denser than the ____, with temperatures as hot as the surface of the sun

a. outer core; inner core
b. inner mantle; outer mantle
c. outer mantle; inner mantle
d. inner core; outer core
e. lithosphere; asthenosphere


d

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