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Earths outer most layer consits of the crust and uppermost mantle and forms a relatively cool, rigid shell called the lithosphere. This layer averges about 100 kil. in thickness. Beneath the lithosphere lies a soft, comparatively weak layer known as the asthenosphere. The lower lithosphere and upper asthenosphere are both part OS the uppr mantle.

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About the asthenosphere?

The asthenosphere has the ability to slow down seismic waves. Is not made up of earths plates that would be the lithosphere.


Between earths lithosphere and its core is its?

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Which part of the asthenosphere and lithosphere are parts of Earths?

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What is the order starting from the surface of earths layers?

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Asthenosphere part of the inner core?

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What is earths softest layer?

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What are the three parts that make up Earths mantle?

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What is the thick layer of earths interior that lies between the crust and the core?

the mantle, which contains the lithosphere, asthenosphere and the mesosphere


What is the correct order starting from the surface of the earths layers?

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What is the order of the earths layers from the center to the surface?

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Is the asthenosphere part of the earths crust?

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Where would you draw a line on the Earths layers to show the bottom of the lithosphere?

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