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The lithosphere is the crust Moho and upper mantle. It floats on a plasticity zone called the asthenosphere.
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What is the moving portion of earths crust and upper mantle?
a moving portion of earths crust and upper mantle is called a ridge that's when the ocean floor has underwater volcano that erupts
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 crust and upper mantle of the EARTH?
The upper mantle is in between the lower mantle and the earths crust Crust- the outer most solid shell of the earth. The Uppermost mantle and the earth's crust form the lithosphere.
What is broken into tectonic plates?
The Earths upper layer which consists of the Crust and Upper Mantle makes up the Tectonic Plates. This layer is called the Lithosphere.
The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid outer layer of Earth what is it called?
Together the crust and upper mantle make the lithosphere.
What is another name for the earths crust and upper mantle?
It is called the lithosphere.
What is the moving portion of earths crust and upper mantle?
a moving portion of earths crust and upper mantle is called a ridge that's when the ocean floor has underwater volcano that erupts
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 crust and upper mantle of the EARTH?
The upper mantle is in between the lower mantle and the earths crust Crust- the outer most solid shell of the earth. The Uppermost mantle and the earth's crust form the lithosphere.
What is the crust and brittle upper mantle called?
Earth's crust and brittle upper mantle is called the lithosphere.
What do geologist call the earths crust and upper mantle?
The lithosphere.
Crust and earths upper mantle makes up what?
it is the lithosphere
What layers make up earths lithosphere?
crust and upper mantle
What is the rigid layer of the earths surface that is made up of the crust and a part of the upper mantle?
It's called the lithosphere.
Which forces responsible for earths crust and lithosphere floating on the mantle?
convection currents in the upper mantle
What makes up the earths lithosphere?
im pretty sure it earths crust and core or if not the top part of the mantle and the crust above it this is the only infomation i could get sorry
What is the earths under crust surrounded by?
Earths under crust surrounded by Upper Mantle (35-60 km) .The mantle is composed of sillicate rocks that are rich in iron and magnesium relative to the overlying crust.
