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What is the semi rigid layer of solid rock that flows very slowly called?
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The rock layer beneath the Earth's surface that slowly flows is the mantle. (Given enough time, all rocks, even the most solid, will flow through molecular motion.)
The mantle is a slowly convecting layer of rock which flows in order to transfer heat from the core to the Earth's surface. It is this convection that drives the movements of the continents and can cause volcanic mountains to form.
The athenosphere is the highly viscous, mechanically-weak and ductilely-deforming upper mantle of the Earth. It is the zone upon which the great rigid and brittle lithospheric plates of the Earth's crust move about. However, the whole mantle is flowing, albeit very slowly.
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Rigid layer of the earth surrounding the asthenosphere?
The Lithosphere
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This layer is called a cell wall,
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The theory of plate tectonics.
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The outermost rigid layer of the earth is called?
The outermost rigid layer of the earth is called the crust.
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True of False : Herbacious stems are hard and rigid and have an outer layer called bark.
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The rigid layer that is the upper mantle and crust is called the lithosphere.
What is a crustal plate?
A crustal plate is a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that drifts slowly on the asthenosphere as it interacts with other plates.
What is the rigid layer of nonliving material that surrounds the cell of plants and other organisms called?
It is called the cuticle.
What is a rigid layer of nonliving materials that surround plant cells?
It is called the cell wall.
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Cooter Box
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lithosphere
According to modern geologic terminology the outer rigid layer of the earth is called the?
It is referred to as the lithosphere, a combination of the crust and the uppermost rigid mantle.
What is the rigid layer of earth surrounding the asthenosphere?
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