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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


How do you make a sentence with upper mantle?

The crust and upper mantle make up the earth.


What is the crust and brittle upper mantle called?

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


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

The idea that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates is known as plate tectonics. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below them and interact at plate boundaries, where various geological phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic activity occur.


What is another name for the earths crust and upper mantle?

It is called the lithosphere.


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.


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 meaning of the upper mantle?

a mantle is something between the crust


Is the upper mantle part of the lithosphere or asthenosphere?

The The crust and the uppermost layer of the mantle form the lithosphere. The asthenosphere, which is still in the upper mantle, is the next layer down.


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.