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What is the thick shell that surrounds the earths core and lies beneath the crust?
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What is the difference between the earth's crust and the shell of an egg?
Earths crust is thicker and there is on more layer on earth than there is in an egg though so an egg wouldnt be a good model or so for the world we know as Earth.
What is the mantel of the earth made of?
The largest portion of the earth. Below the crust and above the core of the Earth! what percentage is it of the earth?
What is one characteristics of the crust?
It has a shell
What is the name of the outermost shell of the solid earth?
The 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.
Where is the mantle located in the calm?
The mantle is that part of the Earth between the crust and the outer core. It's upper boundary is at the base of the crust at a depth below the surface which can vary between 7 and 35 km. It extends all the way to the Earth's outer core at a depth of around 2890 km.the Earths mantle is located between the crust and outer core of the Earth. it is the thickest layer.
Is earths Lithosphere the rigid outer shell of the planet?
Yes. Well, more or less rigid.
What is the definition of the crust of the earth?
The Earth's outermost layer of hard brittle rock is called the crust. The crust is typically about 23 miles thick beneath continents, and about 6.5 miles thick beneath oceans. The crust is relatively light and brittle compared to other Earth layers. Most earthquakes occur within the crust.
What is lithospheric plates?
lsrge, brittle pieces of earths out shell composed of crust and uppermost mantle.
What layers make up the earths crust?
The crust is the outermost layer of the Earth, the shell made up of hard oceanic and continental rocks.
What is the weaker hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of earths rigid outer shell?
The asthenosphere
What is the composition on earths crust?
The Crust is in solid form of matter. It is the earth's hard outer shell which is composed of silicon, aluminum, calcium, sodium and potassium.
What is crust and upper mantle of the EARTH?
The upper mantle is in between the lower mantle and the earths crust Crust- the outer most solid shell of the earth. The Uppermost mantle and the earth's crust form the lithosphere.
What makes up earth lithosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of the hard and brittle outer shell of the Earth consisting of the crust and the uppermost mantle.
What makes up earths lithoshpere?
The Lithosphere is a composed of the hard and brittle outer shell of the Earth consisting of the crust and the uppermost mantle.
What surrounds the egg?
The Shell
What is the thickness of the earths crust in miles?
The average is 9 miles.The average continental crust thickness is 22 miles thick. The maximum crust thickness is 56 miles underneath the Himalayas, and is 16 miles thick at its thinnest in various places.The average oceanic crust is about 4 miles thick.For the entire Earth then, the average crust thickness is 9 miles.To scale size, the earths crust would be about the thickness of 3 ordinary sheets of paper on a basketball. The thickness of a chicken eggshell would be 16 pieces of paper on a basketball, so the earths crust is 5 times thinner than a typical egg shell. And the crust is only as thick as the egg shell at its maximum thickness underneath Nepal.Sleep tight.
What is the earth's outer shell?
The Earth's Outer shell is the crust
