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How is crust similar to lithosphere?
The Earth's Crust, Lithosphere and Asthenosphere. Crust, the upper layer of the Earth, is not always the same. ... The tectonic plates are made up of Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle layer underneath. Together the crust and upper mantle are called the lithosphere and they extend about 80 km deep.
How much does water grow on the earth each year?
The amount of water on earth does not change. Some of it may become ice, or melt into water, but the global amount is always the same.
Why does new crust form but the earth doesn't get larger?
As new oceanic crust is being made in one area older crust is being subducted, (pushed or pulled down), in another area, so Earth stays about the same size.
If Earth's interior was the same composition as the crust what would happen?
have a lower average density
How do ocean trenches help explain why crust added at ocean ridges doesn't make earth any larger?
Ocean trenches were discovered as a sign of destructive plate margins. These plate margins cause oceanic crust to subduct below the continental crust at the oceanic-continental boundary, and force the oceanic crust to move down into the Earth's mantle and melt into basaltic magma. As this is happening, magma at oceanic ridges is creating new oceanic crust at the mid-oceanic ridges. Overall, these two processes cancel each other out and so the total amount of oceanic crust is staying aproximately the same. Therefore the Earth is not growing. Hope this helps :)
Why does the earths crust stay the same size?
The amount of crust present on Earth always stays the same. The amount of crust descending into the mantle is balanced by the amount of crust formed at mid-ocean ridges.
Since new crust is constantly being added why does earth's surface not keep expanding?
Crust is made from recycling old crust so that there is still the same amount. The earth doesn't expand because there is a cycle that keeps the proportions the same throughout the entire cycle.
How is crust similar to lithosphere?
The Earth's Crust, Lithosphere and Asthenosphere. Crust, the upper layer of the Earth, is not always the same. ... The tectonic plates are made up of Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle layer underneath. Together the crust and upper mantle are called the lithosphere and they extend about 80 km deep.
Is the amount of water in earth's atmosphere and on earth always the same?
Yes - the Earth has a finite amount of water on it. This water cycles between the oceans and the atmosphere.
How is crust and lithosphere the same?
"Lithosphere" is the term given to the rocky outer layers of the Earth. The "Earth's Crust" is another name for the same thing.
How much does water grow on the earth each year?
The amount of water on earth does not change. Some of it may become ice, or melt into water, but the global amount is always the same.
It takes the moon the same amount of time to orbit Earth once as it does to rotate on its axis?
Yes it does. This means we always see the same side of the moon facing Earth.
Does earth's crust have the same density?
Density will vary from place to place with ocean crust being denser than continental crust.
Which is thicker earths crust or lithosphere?
the lithosphere and the crust of the earth are the same lithosphere is another word for crust so the thickest is both of them.
How does weathering affect the earth crust?
by breaking down the rock and making the crust smaller
Why is Earth not getting larger if the seafloor is spreading?
Subduction and folding.The seafloor ,may be "spreading" in the center but that doesn't necessarily mean it's getting bigger; at the edges it may be slipping underneath a continental plate (subduction) or piling up on itself to form mountains (folding).
Is one half always the same amount?
No one half is not always the same amount it is according to size
