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The crust, along with the attached uppermost brittle mantle, is called the lithosphere. Tectonic plates are also known as lithospheric plates.
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What is earths solid outer layer called?
The lithosphere crust
Is the partially melted zone of earths that carries the crust the lithosphere?
No it is really subduction
Earthquakes result when forces push what along faults in earths lithosphere?
Earthquakes result when forces push plates along faults in the Earth's lithosphere. These plates are comprised of the crust and a portion of the upper mantle.
Is earths Lithosphere the rigid outer shell of the planet?
Yes. Well, more or less rigid.
Which layer do you find the tectonic plates?
The crust or lithosphere.
How is earth lithosphere related to the crust?
how is the earths crust related to the lithosphere
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.
What part of Earths layers is the crust?
lithosphere.
This is the thinest layer of the earths crust?
the crust is the thinnest of the three. the thinnest on the crust is the LITHOSPHERE
What is the name of the earths thinnest layer?
The crust, more specifically the lithosphere.
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.
What do geologist call the earths crust and upper mantle?
The lithosphere.
What is earths solid outer layer called?
The lithosphere crust
What is earths lithosphere made out of?
it is made out of the outer mantle and the crust.
What is the earths crust and the very top of the mantle combined?
The Lithosphere.
Crust and earths upper mantle makes up what?
it is the lithosphere
What is another name for the earths crust and upper mantle?
It is called the lithosphere.
