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What is the weak fluid like layer of the mantle?
Plasma
Is the lithosphere a solid that floats on the inner part of the mantle?
Yes. It floats on the weak mobile layer of the mantle.
Partially molten, plastic-like, flowing layer located below the solid part of Earths mantle?
Partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer located below the solid part of Earth's mantle is the Asthenosphere. The asthenosphere is mechanically weak and ductiley deforming region of the upper mantle.
What does astheno mean in asthenosphere?
In the context of the asthenosphere, "astheno" refers to weakness or lack of strength. The asthenosphere is a layer of the Earth's mantle that is partially molten and has a lower strength compared to the overlying lithosphere. This relative weakness allows for the movement of tectonic plates.
What is the weak upper portion of the mantle which behaves plastically?
the asthenosphere
What is the weak fluid like layer of the mantle?
Plasma
What statement describes the asthenosphere?
Soft layer of the Mantle in which tectonic plates move.
Is the lithosphere a solid that floats on the inner part of the mantle?
Yes. It floats on the weak mobile layer of the mantle.
What part of the mantle means weak layer and is in the semi-plastic state?
Asthenosphere
What layer of the earth does the lithosphere associate with?
The lithosphere associates mainly with the weak molten layer of the mantle called the asthenosphere.
What solid layer between the inner mantle and the lithosphere?
I dont think there is a solid layer between the Lowwer Mantle and the Lithosphere. The only layer which lies in this region is the Asthenosphere, which is a Weak Zone and in Molten State.
Partially molten, plastic-like, flowing layer located below the solid part of Earths mantle?
Partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer located below the solid part of Earth's mantle is the Asthenosphere. The asthenosphere is mechanically weak and ductiley deforming region of the upper mantle.
What is the definition of the word asthenosphere?
The asthenosphere is the highly viscous, mechanically weak and ductilely -deforming region of the upper mantle of the Earth.
Which layer of the earth does the magma form?
There is no layer of the Earth that is made of Magma (molten rock). There is a layer called the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (or Moho) which is the boundary between the Earth's lower crust and upper mantle. The asthenosphere is a mechanically weak ductily-deforming region of the upper mantle which lies below the Moho. The asthenosphere is thought to be the source of some magma but it is not a complete layer of molten rock.
What do you call the region of Earth between the core and the crust?
Between the core and the crust is the mantle. The upper mantle contains the hard lithosphere and the weak asthenosphere. The lower mantle is marked by an increase in temperature and pressure. As a result, the rocks in the lower mantle flow much slower.The mantle...the mantleThis layer is called the mantle.The part of the Earth that is located between the core and the crust is called the mantle.The four general layers are:1. Crust (outer and surface layer)2. Mantle (thickest individual layer)3) Outer Core (liquid)4) Inner Core (solid)The mantle is sometimes divided into the mantle (proper) and the upper mantle, which exhibits some different characteristics from the layer as a whole.
What does astheno mean in asthenosphere?
In the context of the asthenosphere, "astheno" refers to weakness or lack of strength. The asthenosphere is a layer of the Earth's mantle that is partially molten and has a lower strength compared to the overlying lithosphere. This relative weakness allows for the movement of tectonic plates.
How would you descirbe what is like in the mantle?
A solid layer made of iron and a nicel
