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What is the state of matter of rock within the stiffer mantle?
solid
What is the state of matter in the upper mantle?
solid
What is the difference between the crust and the mantle?
The crust is referred to as the outer skin of the planet, where all life as we know it exists. There are two types of crust--continental, which is granitic in composition, and oceanic, which is basaltic in composition. The depth of the crust varies from about 0-40 miles, and is composed mainly of silicate rich rock.The mantle extends from the boundary with the crust, to a depth of around 1800 miles, making it Earth's most massive layer. The uppermost layer is a brittle solid and is attached to the crust. Directly underneath the crust and uppermost mantle lies the asthenosphere, where hot solid rock is in a plastic-like state, able to move long distances on geologic time scales. This plasticity decreases with depth as the lithostatic pressure increases toward the boundary with the core. Chemically, the mantle differs from the crust in that the rock is ultramafic (very high in iron and magnesium) compared to the more silica rich rock of the crust. Temperature also increases with depth (geothermal gradient), and therefore temperatures in the mantle are significantly higher than in the crust.
What is the state of matter of the Earth's upper mantle?
The Earth's upper mantle is composed of solid rock that flows through liquid rock, also known as lava.
Is the ozone layer of earth a solid liquid or gas?
Ozone is O3. Like oxygen but three atoms together. It is a gas and is important in filtering light rays. The ozone layer has the usual atmospheric constituents, 78% nitrogen, nearly 21% oxygen, (argon and more), almost no water vapor, and 9 ppm of ozone at peak value. And yes, they are gases at even the very cold temperatures to be found there.
Is the earths mantle a solid or liquid?
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.
Mantle State of matter?
The mantle layer of the Earth is said to be "solid-plastic". This means that it is a solid, but it can be moved.
What is the outer part of the earth composed of solid rock?
The lithosphere is the outer rocky shell of the Earth, based on the physical state of the material (brittle). The lithosphere is a combination of the crust, and the brittle uppermost mantle to which it is attached.
What is the state of the lower mantle?
solid
What is the state of the upper mantle?
solid
What state of the mantle of the earth?
solid
What is upper mantle state of matter?
Solid state.
What is the state matter of the upper mantle?
Solid state.
What state of matter is the lower mantle?
The state of matter in the lower mantle is stiff plastic (solid).
What is the state of mater for the earth's mantle?
solid
Why is the Earth's mantle solid?
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.
What is the physical state of the earth's mantle?
Solid and molten.
