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The crust is the outer layer of the Earth for the Compositional Layers, and the lithosphere is the outer layer of Earth for the Physical Layers. They are the same because they are both the outer layer of the Earth.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoIn general, it could be said that the continents driftabout on the earth. There are large "pieces" of the lithosphere that are called tectonic plates, and these are thought to move in response to the movement of magma below the plates.
Plate tectonics is becoming more well understood as we continue research, and the movement of the plates accounts for a number of observations we've made about the way the land masses are arranged, and how they might have looked in the past.
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∙ 9y agoThe lithosphere is made up of the oceanic and continental crust. Continental crust is less dense compared to the oceanic crust. Its composition is mainly igneous rock, such as granite.
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∙ 14y agoMore dense and composed of granitic rock.
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∙ 6y agoYes
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What part of the earth system contains continents?
lithosphere
Which of these is a component of the earth's lithosphere continents clouds geysers or lakes?
Continents.
What comprises the Earth's lithosphere?
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What is the thickest part of the lithosphere?
The largest part of the lithosphere is the atmospshere
What includes the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust?
lithosphere.
What part are the Earth continents are part of?
The lithosphere.
What part of the earth system contains continents?
lithosphere
What layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates and what layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
Which of these is a component of the earth's lithosphere continents clouds geysers or lakes?
Continents.
Two meanings of lithosphere?
Continents and Rocks.
What is the difference between a plate and the lithosphere?
lithosphere is something that is under a plate. plate is the thing continents are on.
Where is the earth crust the thickest?
Under continents
What comprises the Earth's lithosphere?
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What part of the egg is the Lithosphere?
What part in the egg is the lithosphere
The theory that the continents and sections of the lithosphere are moving?
plate tectonics.
Islands and continents are all parts of the?
Islands and continents are all parts of the Earth's crust or lithosphere, which is the solid outer layer of the planet. They are both landmasses, with islands being surrounded by water and continents being larger and connected to other landmasses.
In what six layers of earth is the lithosphere found?
I don't realy get this question, but the Lithosphere is the Solid layer of the earth containing rocks and other landforms that bears the continents. And it makes up part of the outer and inner solid layer of the earth.
