Is asthensphere a liquid

Anonymous

∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/21/2019

No. The asthenosphere is what is called a viscoelastic material. On the time scale we are familiar with it behaves as a solid, but on extremely long time scales of thousands to millions of years it flows like a viscous liquid.

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∙ 9y ago

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Which of earth's layers causes plates to move?

The Asthensphere.

What is the earth asthenospere made of?

the asthensphere is made of oxygen niotrogen argone and argon

What is the ridged layerof the earth surrounding the asthensphere?

The layer directly above the asthenosphere is the lithosphere.

What TYPE of rock is asthensphere?

The asthenosphere is not a type of rock, but rather a layer in the Earth's mantle. It consists of partially melted rock that behaves as a plastic-like material, allowing tectonic plates to move on top of it.

When were the inner layers of the Earth created?

"Scientists think that about 4.6 billion years ago, Earth formed as bits of material collided and stuck together" so over the next couple of years the earth formed the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, lithosphere, and the asthensphere.

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Liquid Liquid was created in 1980.

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Milk is an emulsion of fats in water.An emulsion is type of suspension: liquid in liquid.

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At room temperature it's a liquid.

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Liquid freezes into a solid, melts in to a liquid, then evaporate into gas and then freezes back to a liquid.

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