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What is the large pieces of the lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere called?
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What is the part of the earth that the lithosphere plates float on?
Asthenosphere
What is the deepest layer of the lithosphere?
The deepest layer of the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere. It is located just below the lithosphere and is made up of partially molten rock that allows the lithosphere to move and float on top of it. The asthenosphere plays a crucial role in plate tectonics and the movement of Earth's crustal plates.
What is lithosphere movement?
The lithosphere is the solid part of the Earth's surface, the crust and uppermost mantle, which is fragmented into plates which "float" over the hotter, more fluid asthenosphere.
What is the earths very top of the mantle combined?
The very top of Earth's mantle is known as the lithosphere. It is a rigid layer that consists of both the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust above it. The lithosphere is broken into tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath it.
What is the plasticity of earth?
While still solid, the asthenosphere is able to flow. The ability of a solid to flow is called plasticity. See "What's the matter?" for an activity to demonstrate plasticity. Since the asthenosphere is more liquid than the rest of the mantle, the broken lithosphere plates are able to "float" on it.
What are the large sections of lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere?
The large sections of the lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere are called tectonic plates
Plates of the lithosphere float on the?
asthenosphere
Plates of the lithosphere float on the what?
asthenosphere
Are tectonic plates part of the asthenosphere or the lithosphere?
Tectonic plates are segments of the lithosphere. They float on top of the asthenosphere.
What does the plates of lithosphere float on top of?
The Asthenosphere. The Asthenosphere is a part of the Mantle.
Where do plates float on the asthenosphere or the lithosphere?
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What is the cool solid blocks that float on the asthenosphere?
Lithosphere
What is the part of the earth that the lithosphere plates float on?
Asthenosphere
Tectonic plates float on what?
The tectonic plates float on the lithosphere. This overlies the asthenosphere.
Is it true or false that the asthenosphere floats on the lithosphere?
Because of something called Isostacy-the gravitational equilibrium between lithosphere and asthenosphere, such that plates "float" at an elevation that dependes on the thickness and density. EX. Think floating ice cubes
Plates of the lithosphere float on Core?
Plates of the lithosphere do not float on the core. They float on the asthenosphere (plastic mantle). Due to convection currents and the earths rotation, plates glide over the asthenosphere. This theory is the theory of Plate Tectonics.
Soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats?
As the question uses the word mantle which is a compositional layer of the earth, then the answer is crust.
