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The layer of the mantle that supports the plates is the aestenosphere. The plates and fluid upper mantle are referred to collectively as the lithosphere.
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What is the rigid layer of the Earth surrounding the asthenosphere?
The rigid layer of the earth that surround the asthenosphere is also known as the lithosphere. The lithosphere layer is further broken into several large sections which are known as tectonic plates. These plates ride above the asthenosphere.
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
Which layer of the earth is broken into seprate sections called plates?
This layer is the crust, which is the outermost layer of the earth's surface.
What layer do tectonic plates sit on?
The Crust of the Earth. (the top layer)
What layer of Earth does an earthquake happen?
On the first layer, which would be the Tectonic plates
What plastic like layer has tectonic plates ride on it?
The middle layer of earth that is MANTLE. It has the tectonic plates floating on it.
Plates beneath the earth's crust can exhibit movement because?
They ride on a layer of molten magma
What is the rigid layer of the Earth surrounding the asthenosphere?
The rigid layer of the earth that surround the asthenosphere is also known as the lithosphere. The lithosphere layer is further broken into several large sections which are known as tectonic plates. These plates ride above the asthenosphere.
Which layer are the plates in?
the plates are apart of the crust,the upper layer of the earth
What layer of the earth has plates?
The lithosphere has plates.
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
What layer of the earth makes up theses plates?
tectonic plates
Which layer of the earth is broken into seprate sections called plates?
This layer is the crust, which is the outermost layer of the earth's surface.
Which of earthes mechanical layers contains the seven major plates?
The Lithosphere is a mechanical layer on Earth that contains seven major plates.
What layer of the earth makes the plates?
The Lithosphere.
What layer do tectonic plates sit on?
The Crust of the Earth. (the top layer)
What is the tectonic plates in earth's crust?
plates of the earth's crust that float on top of the molted mantle layer.
