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The upper mantle is a hot area of earths interior that is less dense than the lower mantle. It goes from 250 kilometers to 600 kilometers or150 miles to 400 miles. Its composition is Silicon Oxygen Iron and Magnesium. It is a liquid.
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What is the pressure of the upper mantle?
somewhere between 1000 to 4000 degrees Celsius.
Does the lithosphere have a greater temperature than the earth's mantle?
The lithosphere is the upper portion of the mantle. Its temperature is around 300 to 500 degrees Celsius. The lower portion of the mantle, which is the asthenosphere, has a temperature of around 4500 degrees Celsius.
What are facts about earths upper mantle?
Temperature is about 2000 to 3000 degrees celsius maybe less.The mantle is hot but not the hottest layer.It is is the second layer of the Earth. The mantle is the thickest layer of the earth, it is the layer of the earth beneath the crust.Upper mantle and Lower mantle are the two parts of the mantle, The lower mantle is deeper and denser than the upper mantle .
Which of the Earth's layers is located just below the mantle?
Upper Mantlemantle
Do continents drift slowly on earths upper mantle or earths core?
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
What is the pressure of the upper mantle?
somewhere between 1000 to 4000 degrees Celsius.
What is the temperature of the Earth's upper mantle?
700 degrees celsius
What is a description of the earths upper mantle?
The upper layer of the Earth of how I'd describe is It's hot and is 1000 degrees
Much of the upper mantle thought to be made of granite true or false?
False. The upper mantle is believed to be composed primarily of peridotite.
Does the lithosphere have a greater temperature than the earth's mantle?
The lithosphere is the upper portion of the mantle. Its temperature is around 300 to 500 degrees Celsius. The lower portion of the mantle, which is the asthenosphere, has a temperature of around 4500 degrees Celsius.
What are facts about earths upper mantle?
Temperature is about 2000 to 3000 degrees celsius maybe less.The mantle is hot but not the hottest layer.It is is the second layer of the Earth. The mantle is the thickest layer of the earth, it is the layer of the earth beneath the crust.Upper mantle and Lower mantle are the two parts of the mantle, The lower mantle is deeper and denser than the upper mantle .
Is much of the upper mantle made of granite?
yes
Which of the Earth's layers is located just below the mantle?
Upper Mantlemantle
Is the second layer of the earth the upper mantle or the lower mantle?
upper mantle
Do continents drift slowly on earths upper mantle or earths core?
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
How hot is the mantle of the earth?
Earth's mantle reaches temperatures of about 3700°C.
What are the part of the mantle?
The upper mantle and the lower mantle.
