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What is the rigid layer of earth surrounding the asthenosphere?

The rigid layer of Earth surrounding the asthenosphere is the lithosphere. It is composed of the crust and the upper portion of the mantle and is broken into tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below.


What is the rigid layer of the earth the crust and a part of the upper mantle?

the Lithosphere or Lithospheric Plates


What is the rigid layer of Earth's surface made up of the crust and part of the upper mantle?

Lithosphere.


What is the outermost rigid physical layer of earth?

The outermost rigid physical layer of Earth is the lithosphere. It consists of the Earth's crust and the upper portion of the mantle and is divided into tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below.


What is the rigid layer that includes the upper part of the mantle and the crust of the Earth?

The rigid layer that includes the upper part of the mantle and the crust of the Earth is called the lithosphere. This layer is divided into several tectonic plates that float on top of the partially molten asthenosphere below. The lithosphere is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates and the formation of geological features on Earth.


Earths plastic like layer is called?

Earth's plastic-like layer is referred to as the lithosphere, which is the rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle.


Rigid layer of Earth's surface made up of the crust and a part of the upper mantle?

That would be the Lithosphere. :D


Which layer of Earth is composed of both the crust and the rigid mantle?

The lithosphere is the layer of the Earth that includes both the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle. It is broken up into tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below.


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.


Which layer includes crust and upper mantle?

The layer that includes the crust and upper mantle is the lithosphere. The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates. It includes the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.


lithosphere?

a rigid layer that can break under stress


What is the name of upper suface of the earth?

The lithosphere, it consists of two parts, a thin outside layer of solid rock called the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.