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What is the ridged layerof the earth surrounding the asthensphere?
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The layer directly above the asthenosphere is the lithosphere.
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Which of earth's layers causes plates to move?
The Asthensphere.
What is the thin and solid outermost layerof Earth above the mantle?
It is the crust
What is the earth asthenospere made of?
the asthensphere is made of oxygen niotrogen argone and argon
Which term refers to the ridged layer of Earth that is about 100 km thick and generally less dense than the material below it?
The Lithosphere is the ridged layer of Earth that is about 100 km think and generally less dense than the material below it. This layer is the tectonic plates the move along on the anthesphere.
What is the rigid layer of earth surrounding the asthenosphere?
The rigid layer of earth surrounding the asthenosphere is the lithosphere.
What is the region of the earth surrounding the equator?
The TropicsThe region of the Earth surrounding the equator is known as "The Tropics".
What layer of gases surrounding earth?
the atmosphereThe layer of gases that surrounds the earth is known as the atmosphere.The layer of gas surrounding the Earth is the Earth's atmosphere.
When were the inner layers of the Earth created?
"Scientists think that about 4.6 billion years ago, Earth formed as bits of material collided and stuck together" so over the next couple of years the earth formed the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, lithosphere, and the asthensphere.
What is the the gas surrounding the earth?
atomoshere
What is atmospheric?
The atmosphere refers to the envelope of gases surrounding the planets like the earth.
Which one of the planets does not have rings surrounding?
Earth.
Where is the Tropics?
A region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.
