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The lithosphere is the crust of the Earth. The crust is always moving due to plate tectonics and continental drift. This can cause earthquakes.

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Q: What happens at the lithosphere?
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What happens to the lithosphere at convergent plate boundarie?

The lithosphere is destroyed.


What happens to the lithosphere at transform plate boundaries?

Lithosphere is neither destroyed nor created.


What happens to lithosphere at transform plate boundaries?

Lithosphere is neither destroyed nor created.


What happens to lithosphere when the plates are spreading?

it forms


What happens to pressure as step increases from the lithosphere to core?

Pressure increases as step increases from the lithosphere to core


What happens to the lithosphere as fault-block mountains form?

During the formation of fault-block mountains, the lithosphere stretches.


What happens when continental and oceanic lithospheres collide?

When oceanic lithosphere and continental lithosphere collide, the continental lithosphere may be obducted over the oceanic lithosphere or the oceanic lithosphere may be subducted under the continental lithosphere. The latter is thought to be more common. This subduction and obduction generally results in tectonic activity such as volcanoes and earthquakes.


What happens at a transform fault boundary?

Neither production nor consumption of lithosphere occurs at these boundaries.


Name 2 layers of earth in which convection currents take place?

athenosphere and lithosphere


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.


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 happens at mid ocen ridges?

Creation of new ocean floor/oceanic lithosphere, at the boundary of diverging tectonic plate.