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because it is a semi-solid and flows kind of like pudding or very hot asphault :)
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What name is given to the plastic portion of the upper mantle of the Earth?
This is known as the Asthenospehere.
What is the crust and the upper mantle are called?
The crust and uppermost hard rocky mantle, together, is known as the lithosphere, which is above the plastic-like upper mantle area known as the asthenosphere.
What is the temperature of the plastic mantle?
The temperature of the plastic mantle, or asthenosphere, is inferred to be about 1600 degrees Celsius.
Where do convection currents flow in Earth?
Convection currents are found in the plastic mantle in Earth.
What is the plastic like zone in the mantle?
asthenosphere
What part of the mantle is made of soft rock that bends like plastic.?
A portion of the upper mantle known as the asthenosphere.
What is the plastic zone below the upper mantle?
This is known as the asthenosphere. It lies below the lithosphere (composed of the upper mantle and crust).
What name is given to the plastic portion of the upper mantle of the Earth?
This is known as the Asthenospehere.
What is the crust and the upper mantle are called?
The crust and uppermost hard rocky mantle, together, is known as the lithosphere, which is above the plastic-like upper mantle area known as the asthenosphere.
What is the plastic-like part of the mantle?
The asthenosphere is made of soft rock and bends like plastic in the mantle.
What is the temperature of the plastic mantle?
The temperature of the plastic mantle, or asthenosphere, is inferred to be about 1600 degrees Celsius.
How do upper mantle rock differ from lower mantle rock?
the upper-mantle rocks are heavier while the lower mantle rocks are semisolid like melted plastic
Where do convection currents flow in Earth?
Convection currents are found in the plastic mantle in Earth.
Part of earth's interior that flows like plastic?
Partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer located below the solid part of Earth's mantle is the Asthenosphere. The asthenosphere is mechanically weak and ductiley deforming region of the upper mantle.
What is the mantle rock from the mantle that rises up the vent and flows out of a volcano?
Plastic
What are molten material in the mantle?
Yes. The mantle is composed of the plastic mantle, or the upper part, which is partially molten. The stiffer mantle is under it. it is not as molten
What layer of the mantle is most plastic or bendable?
Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid is called _________?
