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Q: Why do we call atgenosphere the plastic mantle?
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What do you call the plastic zone between the mantle and the crust?

Mohorovicic discontinuity (or simply Moho)


What is the plastic-like part of the mantle?

The asthenosphere is made of soft rock and bends like plastic in the mantle.


What is the temperature of the plastic mantle?

The temperature of the plastic mantle, or asthenosphere, is inferred to be about 1600 degrees Celsius.


How do upper mantle rock differ from lower mantle rock?

the upper-mantle rocks are heavier while the lower mantle rocks are semisolid like melted plastic


Where do convection currents flow in Earth?

Convection currents are found in the plastic mantle in Earth.


What is the mantle rock from the mantle that rises up the vent and flows out of a volcano?

Plastic


What are molten material in the mantle?

Yes. The mantle is composed of the plastic mantle, or the upper part, which is partially molten. The stiffer mantle is under it. it is not as molten


What layer of the mantle is most plastic or bendable?

Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid is called _________?


What moves on a plasticlike layer of the mantle?

The crust moves on a plastic like layer of the mantle.


What moves a plasticlike layer of the mantle?

The crust moves on a plastic like layer of the mantle.


What is the solid plastic layer of earth?

Answer: the mantle :)


What is the plastic like zone in the mantle?

asthenosphere