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I believe you're thinking of Continental plates?

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Q: Continent-sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle?
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Continent-sized slabs that makeup the crust and upper mantle are?

Plates


When Theory that states that Earth and crust and upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs?

Plate tectonics.


What layers of earth makes up the lithosphere?

Crust and the upper mantle


The idea that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates is known as?

That is plate tectonics. These slabs are constantly moving generating earth quakes.


The two parts of the lithosphere is the crust and the upper mantle?

The crust and upper mantle.


What is crust and upper mantle of the EARTH?

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.


What is the crust and brittle upper mantle called?

Earth's crust and brittle upper mantle is called the lithosphere.


The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid outer layer of Earth what is it called?

Together the crust and upper mantle make the lithosphere.


What states that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates that move slowly over Earth's surface?

The theory of plate tectonics.


Large segments of the crust and upper mantle known as?

Large segments of the crust and upper mantle known as the Lithospheric plates.


The crust and the upper mantle are know as the?

The crust and uppermost brittle mantle are referred to as the lithosphere.


Is asthenosphere in the crust?

No, it is in the upper mantle.