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True or false magma forms in the lithosphere?
False. It forms in the Athenosphere!!
What happens to lithosphere when the plates are spreading?
it forms
What forms lithosphere?
The lithosphere was formed over a vast expanse of time as the outer skin of the earth solidified from magma.
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of?
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of seafloor spreading at mid-ocean ridges. Magma rises from the mantle, solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge, and creates new oceanic crust. This process leads to the continuous expansion of the ocean floor.
What do the rigid crust and the uppermost mantle form?
it forms the lithosphere
What rock in the lithosphere called?
The lithosphere consists of the crust and upper mantle.
What is the name of the outerlayer of the lithosphere?
The crust is the outer layer of the lithosphere.
What are the five parts of the earth?
atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere
What is sliding boundary?
forms when two {crustal} lithosphere plates move apart.
Is the lithosphere a gas?
The lithosphere is composed of the brittle rock that forms the outer layer of the planet. The lithosphere is divided into plates which move independently from each other.
What are the five main systems of Earth?
Lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere.
A Which rigid zone on the Earth's surface forms the earth's drifting tectonic plates?
The lithosphere.
