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What is the rigid shell of rock that surrounds the earth called?
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∙ 14y ago
The Earth does not have a "rigid" outer covering, it has an atmosphere.
Below the atmosphere is the crust which is made of tectonic plates. However there plates are NOT rigid and to describe them as such would be incorrect, they deform and fold.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe Earth does not have a "rigid" outer covering, it has an atmosphere.
Below the atmosphere (and oceans) is the crust which is made of tectonic plates. However these plates are NOT rigid and to describe them as such would be incorrect, they deform and fold.
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∙ 11y agoThe lithosphere/crust (which is made of tectonic plates). However, the plates are NOT rigid and to describe them as such would be incorrect, they deform and fold.
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∙ 13y agoCommonly called the Crust of a terrestrial planet, but on Earth it is not that "rigid".
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∙ 9y agoThe Lithosphere, or the "crust." The continental crust is mostly granite, while the oceanic crust is composed of basalt and gabbro.
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∙ 14y agoIt is the lithosphere.
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∙ 14y agoIt is called the lithosphere.
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∙ 11y agoThe Lithosphere (Crust).
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The thin outer shell of the earth is called?
The Earth's outermost sphere is the Lithosphere. It's the rigid outermost shell of the Earth.
What Earth's outermost sphere is called the?
The Earth's outermost sphere is the Lithosphere. It's the rigid outermost shell of the Earth.
What is a flat part of the earth called?
The lithosphere is the rigid outermost shell of a rocky planet. On Earth, it comprises the crust and the portion of the upper mantle
What is the weaker hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of Earth's rigid outer shell?
the asthenosphere
Is the asthenosphere relatively cool and rigid shell that overlies the lithosphere?
Yes, the cool and rigid shell is the asthenosphere.
The thin outer shell of the earth is called?
The Earth's outermost sphere is the Lithosphere. It's the rigid outermost shell of the Earth.
What Earth's outermost sphere is called the?
The Earth's outermost sphere is the Lithosphere. It's the rigid outermost shell of the Earth.
What is the gaseous shell of air that surrounds the earth?
the atmosphere
What is a flat part of the earth called?
The lithosphere is the rigid outermost shell of a rocky planet. On Earth, it comprises the crust and the portion of the upper mantle
Is earth's lithosphere the rigid outer shell of the planet?
Yes. Well, more or less rigid.
Is earths Lithosphere the rigid outer shell of the planet?
Yes. Well, more or less rigid.
Rigid shell or case of protozoans and rotifers is called?
test
Arthropods have an exoskeleton a rigid external shell made of a substance called?
Chitin
What is the weaker hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of Earth's rigid outer shell?
the asthenosphere
What theory proposes that earth's outer shell consists of number of rigid slabs?
The Plate Tectonics Theory
Is a tectonic plate the rigid material of the outer core?
No. A tectonic plate is a segment of the rigid rocky outer shell of the Earth composed of the crust and the brittle uppermost mantle.
What layer of the earth surrounds the outer core?
The outer shell of the Earth is called the crust. The uppermost hard, rocky layer of the mantle is attached to the crust. Together they form a layer called the lithosphere, which constitute the structures known as lithospheric plates.
