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The difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere is that the asthenosphere is the lower part of the upper mantle it behaves like a plastic but flows much more easily than the rest of the mantle. The lithosphere however, includes the entire crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, it is more rigid and brittle and doesn't flow.
The Athenosophere is the layer below the lithosphere in the mantle. It can bend like plastic, but if you kicked it, you would stub your toe.
The differences and similarities between lithosphere and asthenosphere are as follows. Lithoshphere is made up of rigid rocks flowing above asthenosphere. Asthenosphere has rocks that are more plastic like because they can flow even tho they are still solid rock. The top part of asthenosphere is the same as the lower part of lithosphere, if the top part of asthenosphere cools it then becomes part of lithosphere. Lithosphere and asthenosphere are both made up of the upper part of the mantle on Earth but Lithosphere is also made up of the crust.
The lithosphere of the Earth is composed of the crust and the upper part of the upper mantle, and is broken up into plates. Below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere, which is the lower part of the upper mantle and the entire lower mantle. The asthenosphere is a plastic-like substance that flows due to convection. As this substance flows, it causes the plates above it to move around. Plate tectonics is the theory that the lithosphere is divided into plates that are constantly in motion.
The zone below the lithosphere is the mantle. Convection currents occur here because of the magnetism in the Earth. It is somewhat plastic like.
The plastic-like layer of the Earth's upper mantle directly below the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere.
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.
The difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere is that the asthenosphere is the lower part of the upper mantle it behaves like a plastic but flows much more easily than the rest of the mantle. The lithosphere however, includes the entire crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, it is more rigid and brittle and doesn't flow.
The Athenosophere is the layer below the lithosphere in the mantle. It can bend like plastic, but if you kicked it, you would stub your toe.
The differences and similarities between lithosphere and asthenosphere are as follows. Lithoshphere is made up of rigid rocks flowing above asthenosphere. Asthenosphere has rocks that are more plastic like because they can flow even tho they are still solid rock. The top part of asthenosphere is the same as the lower part of lithosphere, if the top part of asthenosphere cools it then becomes part of lithosphere. Lithosphere and asthenosphere are both made up of the upper part of the mantle on Earth but Lithosphere is also made up of the crust.
The lithosphere of the Earth is composed of the crust and the upper part of the upper mantle, and is broken up into plates. Below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere, which is the lower part of the upper mantle and the entire lower mantle. The asthenosphere is a plastic-like substance that flows due to convection. As this substance flows, it causes the plates above it to move around. Plate tectonics is the theory that the lithosphere is divided into plates that are constantly in motion.
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.
The zone below the lithosphere is the mantle. Convection currents occur here because of the magnetism in the Earth. It is somewhat plastic like.
No. The lithosphere is rigid. The mantle beneath the lithosphere has a plastic texture.
We speak of the Earth as consisting of three main regions; the crust as the solid outermost part, the inner core at the very center and the mantle in between. Then we give the regions where they come together names and we also subdivide the three main regions and give the subdivisions names.It is the lithosphere and the asthenosphere that are the parts of the surface moving when we talk of continental drift.The lithosphere is outer portion of the Earth. It is composed of the oceanic and continental crust, along with the rigid upper mantle.The asthenosphere is the plastic like upper mantle directly below the lithosphere where rock can move, bend, and deform without breaking. Below that, the mantle become more fluid and is the major part of the volume of the Earth.The inner most part, the core, is only about 15% of the whole Earth.
The lithosphere is composed of the oceanic and continental crust, along with the rigid upper mantle. The asthenosphere is the plastic like upper mantle directly below the lithosphere where rock can move, bend, and deform without breaking.
A portion of the upper mantle known as the asthenosphere.