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The earth's crust floats on the mantle. The movement is very slowly. Despite this slowness, over millions of years, this movement has created many of our Earth's landforms. Landforms are created because the plates are moving in different directions. When plates are moving away from each other they form divergent boundaries. Plates that are moving towards one another from convergent boundaries. At some places where plates come together, they crumple and lift to form mountains. Other converging plates form subduction zones . An ocean trench marks the region where a denser plate is forced under ( subducts) a less dense plate . Plates also move in sliding motion past one another to form transform fault boundaries. The motion at these boundaries is more like a grinding and scraping with sudden jolts due to the building up of pressure.
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Why does oceanic lithosphere sink beneath convergent lithosphere at convergent boundaries?
As odd as it is to think of things this way, continental lithosphere is more buoyant than oceanic lithosphere. The oceanic lithosphere is more dense.
Why does oceanic lithosphere sub duct while continental lithosphere does not?
Oceanic lithosphere is dense enough to be forced down into the mantle. Continental lithosphere is not.
What are the 2 types of mantle?
the upper mantle(lithosphere)and the lower mantle(mesosphere)
What part of the egg is the Lithosphere?
What part in the egg is the lithosphere
How do you make the lithosphere?
you make the lithosphere with the mantle and the asthenophere.
What 2 things are the lithosphere made of?
i dont know, sorry man -.-
Why does oceanic lithosphere sink beneath convergent lithosphere at convergent boundaries?
As odd as it is to think of things this way, continental lithosphere is more buoyant than oceanic lithosphere. The oceanic lithosphere is more dense.
Why does oceanic lithosphere sink beneath continental lithosphere at convergent boundary's?
As odd as it is to think of things this way, continental lithosphere is more buoyant than oceanic lithosphere. The oceanic lithosphere is more dense.
Why does oceanic lithosphere sinks beneath continental lithosphere at convergent boundaries?
As odd as it is to think of things this way, continental lithosphere is more buoyant than oceanic lithosphere. The oceanic lithosphere is more dense.
What are three things inside the lithosphere?
earth crust mantle
The crust and upper mantle are called the?
The crust and the upper mantle are a geological part of the earth called the lithosphere. There are 2 parts of the lithosphere: the oceanic lithosphere, which is made up of land underneath water, and the continental lithosphere, which is the the part made of just land. The lithosphere lies on top of the asthenosphere. The lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates, which are pieces of land floating on the lithosphere.
What are the 2 parts of the lithosphere?
The crust and upper mantle
What are lithosphere hydrosphere and atmosphere?
Since the planet Earth is spherical (or approximately spherical) in shape, it has a number of layers that take the form of hollow, concentric spheres. the lithosphere is the rock layer, the atmosphere is the gas layer, and the hydrosphere is the water layer.
What three parts of the earth included in the biosphere?
1. atmosphere (air)- the layer of gases that surrounds the earth. 2. lithosphere (earth)-a. the solid portion of the earth b. the crust and upper mantle of the earth 3. hydrosphere (water)- the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere
What is convergent boundry?
the boundry formed by the collision of 2 lithosphere plates
The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid outer layer of earth called the?
The uppermost mantle and the crust makes the lithosphere.
What is the difference between the core and the lithosphere?
The difference between the core and the lithosphere is the core is on the top of the lithosphere and the lithosphere is on the bottom of the core
