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The lithosphere is composed of the brittle rock that forms the outer layer of the planet. The lithosphere is divided into plates which move independently from each other.

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How does burning fossil fuels affect the lithosphere?

The lithosphere is the rocky crust of the earth, Earth's surface. Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) has no real effect on the lithosphere, but has a very big effect on the atmosphere.


Is the lithosPhere a solid liquid or neither?

The lithosphere is a solid layer of the Earth comprising the crust and upper part of the mantle. It is neither a liquid nor a gas, but a rigid layer that rests on the more fluid asthenosphere below.


Is the lithosphere solid liquid or plastic?

The asthenosphere is a flowing solid. It's sort of a liquid and a solid.


What is jupiters geosphere like?

Mars' geosphere (or lithosphere) is dry, cold and arid. Like the Earth's lithosphere, the Martian lithosphere is the not-so-rigid part of the crust of Mars which is cooler than the interior of Mars somewhat like the foam on top of a cup of hot cocoa. On Earth, the lithosphere can be pushed in response to the warmth of the Earth. Warm magma rises to the very surface and pushes the cooler, rocky lithosphere aside. The lithosphere then subducts, melts, and becomes part of the warm rising magma again. Thus on Earth, the recycling of the lithosphere keeps the lithosphere from becoming too thick. Unlike the Earth, the rocky material which comprises the lithosphere of Mars does not contain enough trapped water to allow the rocky material to slide against each other. Since portions of the rocky material cannot slide against each other, the lithosphere cannot make way for hot, rising magma from the interior of Mars. Thus the lithosphere stays in place and thickens by cooling gradually. So it is that Mars does not have plates moving on the surface.


Why does oceanic lithosphere sub duct while continental lithosphere does not?

Oceanic lithosphere is dense enough to be forced down into the mantle. Continental lithosphere is not.

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Is earths lithosphere a solid liquid or gas?

Lithosphere is solid part of earth .


Is lithosphere the layer of gas surrounding the earth?

No, the layer of gas surrounding the earth is called the atmosphere. The lithosphere is composed of the crust and the solid and brittle portion of the upper mantle.


How does burning fossil fuels affect the lithosphere?

The lithosphere is the rocky crust of the earth, Earth's surface. Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) has no real effect on the lithosphere, but has a very big effect on the atmosphere.


What is the biggest mountain on Saturn?

Here are no montains in Saturn, because Saturn is a Jovian planet, a gas giant, with no lithosphere.


Does Earth's elements stay in the same areas of the lithosphere hydrosphere or atmosphere where they originated when the Earth was formed?

the atmosphere is gas emission from when ground release toxic gases, hydrosphere is tsunamis, lithosphere is the shaking of the earth and avalanches.


Is the lithosPhere a solid liquid or neither?

The lithosphere is a solid layer of the Earth comprising the crust and upper part of the mantle. It is neither a liquid nor a gas, but a rigid layer that rests on the more fluid asthenosphere below.


The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid outer layer of earth called the?

The uppermost mantle and the crust makes the lithosphere.


What is the lithosphere of the lithosphere?

The lithosphere is composed of the crust and uppermost hard, brittle mantle.


Is the lithosphere solid liquid or plastic?

The asthenosphere is a flowing solid. It's sort of a liquid and a solid.


What is the mechanics layer of earth that contains tectonic plates?

Lithosphere (apex)


The crust and upper mantle are called the?

The crust and the upper mantle are a geological part of the earth called the lithosphere. There are 2 parts of the lithosphere: the oceanic lithosphere, which is made up of land underneath water, and the continental lithosphere, which is the the part made of just land. The lithosphere lies on top of the asthenosphere. The lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates, which are pieces of land floating on the lithosphere.


Why does oceanic lithosphere sub duct while continental lithosphere does not?

Oceanic lithosphere is dense enough to be forced down into the mantle. Continental lithosphere is not.