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What lithosphere is that portion of the Earth where rocks behave as?
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The is the part of the Earth's interior where rocks start to melt?
The answer is the asthenosphere, the crust is part of the lithosphere, which is part of the outer portion of the earth (the part we live on), the asthenosphere is just below it and the point where rocks begin to melt.
Which part of the Earth is composed of rocks and soil?
The lithosphere is what compounds rocks and soils. This is a sphere of the earth.The pedosphere is the sphere of the earth that is composed of rocks and soils.The part of the earth that is composed of rocks and soil is called the crust. The crust is the part that supports life.
In what six layers of earth is the lithosphere found?
I don't realy get this question, but the Lithosphere is the Solid layer of the earth containing rocks and other landforms that bears the continents. And it makes up part of the outer and inner solid layer of the earth.
Between the lithosphere and asthenosphere Earth's rocks change from?
Tough, brittle solids to weak, putty-like solids
What rock in the lithosphere called?
The lithosphere consists of the crust and upper mantle.
The is the part of the Earth's interior where rocks start to melt?
The answer is the asthenosphere, the crust is part of the lithosphere, which is part of the outer portion of the earth (the part we live on), the asthenosphere is just below it and the point where rocks begin to melt.
What is under the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is the Earth's crust. Which is mostly made up of rocks.
What layer of earth are rocks extracted from?
crust or lithosphere
What is the layer of rocks around the earth called?
LITHOSPHERE.
The part of the Earth that is composed of rocks and soil is called the?
the lithosphere
Which part of the Earth is composed of rocks and soil?
The lithosphere is what compounds rocks and soils. This is a sphere of the earth.The pedosphere is the sphere of the earth that is composed of rocks and soils.The part of the earth that is composed of rocks and soil is called the crust. The crust is the part that supports life.
Mountains are part of which earth sphere?
The lithosphere - rocks(or geosphere)The Earth's solid surface is the lithosphere. It includes continental and oceanic crust as well as the various layers of the Earth's interior.
What is the lithosphere's composition?
The lithosphere includes all of the crust of the earth as well as the uppermost part of the mantle. It is made up of rocks.
Is the surface of the earth a continuous shell of rock?
Very broadly this may be referred to as bedrock. That is the upper boundary of solid rock below any superficial soil deposits. On a whole Earth scale you may be referring to the crust / lithosphere depending on if you were considering earth based on it's chemical compositional layering or it's mechanical properties, whereby the crust is the outer hard rocky layer of the earth that is composed of broadly more silica rich rocks than the underlying mantle which is composed of rocks enriched in iron and magnesium and the lithosphere is the term used to describe that portion of the Earth that behaves as an elastic brittle solid and responds to large stresses by the formation of fractures (faulting) and which combines the crust and the solid brittle portion of the upper mantle.
The part of the earth composed of rocks and soil is called the?
The lands of planet Earth are about 29% of the surface of the Earth. The oceans and seas make up about 71%. Rather coincidentally, the Antarctic contains about 70% of the Earth's fresh water - locked up as ice. This is about 4% of the total water.
Difference between atmosphere and lithosphere?
The atmosphere is the space above the Earth's surface. This includes the air that we all breath. The lithosphere is the solid part of the Earth such as rocks and mountains. The hydrosphere is the liquid water such as the rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is the scientific meaning of a fault?
A break or crack in earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.
