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this is called tectonic plates moving, this causes earthquakes and if under water it's called a psunami
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What is a layer found in the earth is called?
There is the mantle, inner mantle, crust, inner and outter, and also there is a inner and outter core.
Earth is composed what of main three layers?
Crust, mantle, and core
Is earth divided by composition into three layers?
The 3 main layers of earth (crust, mantle, core) are divided into crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, and inner core.
What part of the earths mantle that flows and moves the plates of the earth?
Mantle plumes are in the mantle, BELOW the Earth's crust. The circulation of heat from the lower mantle to the upper mantle can cause "hot spots" in the overlying crust, heating the magma in the areas.
What is the tectonic plates in earth's crust?
plates of the earth's crust that float on top of the molted mantle layer.
What movements of the earth's crust and mantle are referred to as?
Plate tectonics.
What is the layer of earth beneath the crust called?
The layer of the Earth below the crust is called the mantle. The mantle is the thickest layer of the Earth with a depth of 2,890 kilometers.
What the Earth's crust is called?
The Mantle
What is the crust and brittle upper mantle called?
Earth's crust and brittle upper mantle is called the lithosphere.
The section of earth beneath the crust?
Mantle Is The Below Layer Of The Crust In Earth.
What is the inside earth's crust called?
The Mantle
Which layer of the earth contains the crust and upper mantle?
The layer of the Earth that contains both the crust and upper mantle is called the Lithosphere.
What is the top crust layer of earth called?
The top layer of the Earth is called the crust and the layer made of the crust and the upper mantle is called the lithosphere
What layers of earth makes up the lithosphere?
Crust and the upper mantle
Earth's crust and its upper mantle is called?
The lithosphere is the crust Moho and upper mantle. It floats on a plasticity zone called the asthenosphere.
Where is the thickest part of earth's crust found?
The thickest part of the Earth is called the mantle.
The outermost layer of the earth is called the mantle?
No. The outermost layer of the Earth is called the crust.
