Yes, the mantle is techincally a solid. If you want to get techincal, however, it is a viscoelastic material, meaning that over short invertvals it behaves as an elastic solid, but over the course of tens of thousands to millions of years it flows like a viscous liquid.
No. While much of the mantle is hot enough that the rock would melt if exposed to the surface, the enormous pressure keeps in a state that is technically considered solid. Unlike the rigid rock of the crust and uppermost mantle, most mantle rock is plastic in texture, meaning it is soft and easily deformed.
The mantle remains solid mainly because of the immense crushing lithostatic pressure being exerted on it, which raises its melting temperature. Under normal pressures, the mantle rock would be molten.
ITS NOT, THE EARTHS MANTLE IS LIKE A THICK SYRUP
Yes. The mantle is made of ductile solid rock.
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Yes the upper mantle is solid. The lower mantle however is not.
The upper mantle is in between the lower mantle and the earths crust Crust- the outer most solid shell of the earth. The Uppermost mantle and the earth's crust form the lithosphere.
Rocks do not melt in the mantle; however, they may exhibit certain plastic-like or liquid-like properties.
If anything is rock-solid, it will result in a flat landscape. This will mean that there will be no plateaus, deep sea trenches, volcanoes or mountains if the mantle were solid rock.
Well, it's made up of compressed rock. Another person asked this question and this is the answer: "The Earth's mantle, other than the uppermost hard, rocky layer, is composed of rock in a pliable solid state." Hope this helps and answers your question.
No. The Earth's mantle is a ductile solid.
Yes the upper mantle is solid. The lower mantle however is not.
It is the Mantle.
The mantle! I remember learning this in geography :)
Magma
The mantle is found between the core and the innermost layer of the earth. The mantle is made up of mostly solid rock that is 1,802 miles thick.
The much of the mantle is solid but ductile. This allows it to convect, which aids in plate movement.
Inner core (probably solid); outer core (probably liquid); mantle, crust.
The upper mantle is in between the lower mantle and the earths crust Crust- the outer most solid shell of the earth. The Uppermost mantle and the earth's crust form the lithosphere.
Rocks do not melt in the mantle; however, they may exhibit certain plastic-like or liquid-like properties.
If anything is rock-solid, it will result in a flat landscape. This will mean that there will be no plateaus, deep sea trenches, volcanoes or mountains if the mantle were solid rock.
there are 7 layers in earths mantle.