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What is meant by the plastic-like nature of the asthenosphere?
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Plasticlike layer of Earth on which the lithosperic plates float and move around?
Asthenosphere
What causes hot plasticlike rocks in the asthenosphere to rise toward the earths surface?
The rock in a rising convection current is hotter and more buoyant than the surrounding rock, causing it to rise.
What sections moves on a plasticlike layer of the mantle?
lithosphere.
What is the layer 100km below the surface?
plasticlike mantle
What would you find in earths upper mantel?
Melted, plasticlike rocks
What is earths plasticlike layer?
The asthenosphere.
Earths thick plasticlike layer is the what?
asthenosphere
What is the plasticlike dense zone that lies beneath the lithosphere called?
The asthenosphere.
What is the asthenosphere like?
The asthenosphere is the thin sheet of plasticlike material that the plates "float" upon as they bump and slide into each other.
Plasticlike layer of Earth on which the lithosperic plates float and move around?
Asthenosphere
What do scientists believe in that cause hot plasticlike rock in the asthenosphere to rise toward Earth's surface?
density
What causes hot plasticlike rocks in the asthenosphere to rise toward the earths surface?
The rock in a rising convection current is hotter and more buoyant than the surrounding rock, causing it to rise.
What best describes the physical nature of the earth's lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
The lithosphere is rigid and commonly deforms in a brittle manner; the asthenosphere tends to flow slowly and deform in a plastic manner.
What sections moves on a plasticlike layer of the mantle?
lithosphere.
What is the layer 100km below the surface?
plasticlike mantle
What would you find in earths upper mantel?
Melted, plasticlike rocks
Most deformable layer of the Earth?
Asthenosphere
