The lithosphere is the physical layer of hard brittle rock. The remainder of the mantle that is not contained in the lithosphere is the layer of ductile rock.
The distance between Earth's topsoil layer and the solid rock layer beneath it can vary, but on average it is around 10-20 feet (3-6 meters). This layer of soil is called the regolith and sits above the bedrock, which is the solid rock layer.
In the mantle
The second layer
The solid rock forms the Earth's crust on which we live.
The layer of Earth made of solid rock is the lithosphere. It includes the Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle, and it is broken into tectonic plates that move and interact with each other.
The layer of the Earth that is mostly solid rock is the lithosphere. The lithosphere includes the Earth's crust and a portion of the upper mantle, and it is broken into tectonic plates that constantly move and interact with each other.
False, the crust is Earth's outer skin of rock. The core is a body of metal at earth's center.
The Earth's crust is made of solid rock, not magma. Magma is molten rock beneath the Earth's surface, while the crust is the outermost solid layer of the Earth.
The semi-solid layer of the Earth is called the mantle. It lies between the Earth's crust and core and is composed of hot, flowing rock.
The solid layer of the earth that can still flow is called the asthenosphere. This layer is located in the mantle of the earth the layer below the upper crust and lithosphere, home of the tectonic plates.
The layer of solid rock under the soil is called bedrock. Bedrock is the hard, solid rock beneath the Earth's surface that forms the foundation for soil and other materials above it.
The three main sections of the Earth are the crust (outer layer), mantle (middle layer), and core (inner layer). The crust is solid rock that forms the Earth's surface, the mantle is a semi-solid layer made up of molten rock and minerals, and the core is composed of a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core.