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What scientist studies the earths crust the mantle the crust continents and the ocean floor?
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What is the color of the earths mantle?
the earth's mantle is brown
What are the earths plates made of?
parts of the crust and upper mantle
What element is not found in large quantities in Earths mantle?
The element carbon is not found in large quantities in Earths mantle.
What is The scientific name for the earths upper mantle?
The metosphere is the name of the mantle
The lithosphere includes the uppermost part of earths mantle and earths?
The lithosphere includes the uppermost part of Earth's mantle and Earth's Crust.
Do continents drift slowly on earths upper mantle or earths core?
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
Where would you be most likely to find granite in earths mantle or earths continents?
you will find it in earths mantle because it is a kind of an igneous rock
Why are continents not fixed permanently in location on the earths crust?
The continents are embedded in the top side of crustal plates which float on the surface of the mantle. Convection currents in the mantle carry the plates around and the embedded continents travel along.
Why do seismic waves speed up beneath the surface of continents?
Because earths crust is denser than the mantle
Why do the earths continents float on the liquids mantle of the earth?
The continents "float" on the liquid mantle of the Earth because the metals that make up the mantle are very dense. The continents move when magma is pushed through the crust of the Earth in places like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The continents "float" on the liquid mantle of the Earth because the metals that make up the mantle are very dense. The continents move when magma is pushed through the crust of the Earth in places like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
How many layers in earths mantle?
there are 7 layers in earths mantle.
What layer of the earths make up these plates and what layer are are the continents sliding on?
The plates on the top of the upper mantle are referred to as the lithosphere, which slides on the asthenosphere.well the mantle causes the continents to move on the ocean floor and sand it makes it slideyea know the crustti is i dont ge ehttt
Earths middle layer?
the mantle
What layer of the earth are the continents sliding on?
mantle
What is the color of the earths mantle?
the earth's mantle is brown
What is under the earths surface and in the earths crust?
mantle
What are the earths plates made of?
parts of the crust and upper mantle
