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What is jupiters geosphere like?
Mars' geosphere (or lithosphere) is dry, cold and arid. Like the Earth's lithosphere, the Martian lithosphere is the not-so-rigid part of the crust of Mars which is cooler than the interior of Mars somewhat like the foam on top of a cup of hot cocoa. On Earth, the lithosphere can be pushed in response to the warmth of the Earth. Warm magma rises to the very surface and pushes the cooler, rocky lithosphere aside. The lithosphere then subducts, melts, and becomes part of the warm rising magma again. Thus on Earth, the recycling of the lithosphere keeps the lithosphere from becoming too thick. Unlike the Earth, the rocky material which comprises the lithosphere of Mars does not contain enough trapped water to allow the rocky material to slide against each other. Since portions of the rocky material cannot slide against each other, the lithosphere cannot make way for hot, rising magma from the interior of Mars. Thus the lithosphere stays in place and thickens by cooling gradually. So it is that Mars does not have plates moving on the surface.
What is the planet Mars' composition?
Mars is made of a solid iron core.
What is mars Surface composition?
list all human explorations and mars satelitte names and dates
What is earth composition of the lithosphere?
The lithosphere, or sphere of rock, is made up primarily of granitic and basaltic rock. It averages 100 kilometers in thickness. It is the outermost rigid unit of life.
What is the composition of the atmoshphere on mars?
it is 50% dioxide and 50% carbon
What describes the composition of the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock.
What is the core composition of Mars?
Mars is rocky.
What is the composition of rings on Mars if it has any?
Mars has no rings.
What is jupiters geosphere like?
Mars' geosphere (or lithosphere) is dry, cold and arid. Like the Earth's lithosphere, the Martian lithosphere is the not-so-rigid part of the crust of Mars which is cooler than the interior of Mars somewhat like the foam on top of a cup of hot cocoa. On Earth, the lithosphere can be pushed in response to the warmth of the Earth. Warm magma rises to the very surface and pushes the cooler, rocky lithosphere aside. The lithosphere then subducts, melts, and becomes part of the warm rising magma again. Thus on Earth, the recycling of the lithosphere keeps the lithosphere from becoming too thick. Unlike the Earth, the rocky material which comprises the lithosphere of Mars does not contain enough trapped water to allow the rocky material to slide against each other. Since portions of the rocky material cannot slide against each other, the lithosphere cannot make way for hot, rising magma from the interior of Mars. Thus the lithosphere stays in place and thickens by cooling gradually. So it is that Mars does not have plates moving on the surface.
What is the lithosphere's composition?
The lithosphere includes all of the crust of the earth as well as the uppermost part of the mantle. It is made up of rocks.
What is the planet Mars' composition?
Mars is made of a solid iron core.
What is the composition of gas on mars?
miles
What is mars size and distanc from the sun composition?
mars is 230 million km from the sun.
How are oceanic lithosphere continental lithosphere alike?
Both can be divided into a layer of crust laying on top of the uppermost part of the mantle, which is fairly rigid and ultramafic in composition.
What is the lithosphere's job?
The lithosophere does not have a job anymore than Mars has a job or space has a job. The lithosphere is a physical layer of the Earth that has developed over geologic time.
What is the surface composition of Mars?
iron sulfuric acid
What Mars composition?
marses comp is redish brown
