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What makes up the asthenosphere

the mantel makes up the asthenosphere

Mountain ranges and belts are built through the process of

orogenesis

What was used to dispute continental drift

Evidence of land bridges was used to dispute continental drift.

What was used to by Wegner to establish continental drift

Mesosaurus fossils

Why do diamonds form in the mantle

Diamonds are able to form in the Earthâ??s mantle. This is because there is carbon and great amounts of heat and pressure.

Most deformable layer of the Earth

mantle

Which mechanical layer lies below the lithosphere

The asthenosphere lies below the lithosphere.

Which theory of plate movement relies on weight of the subducting crust

Slab-pull

Which was an idea used to dispute the theory of plate technonics

d. the existence of land bridges between continents

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