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The crust and the upper layer of the mantle together make up a zone of rigid brittle rock are called what?
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What is the crust and brittle upper mantle called?
Earth's crust and brittle upper mantle is called the lithosphere.
The crust and the upper mantle are know as the?
The crust and uppermost brittle mantle are referred to as the lithosphere.
The crust and the uper mantle make up a zone of brittle rock called?
Lithosphere
What is the second layer of earth's crust?
The Earth's crust is divided into continental crust and oceanic crust. Underneath the crust and attached to it is the uppermost brittle mantle, which, together with the crust is referred to as the lithosphere.
What is the second layer of the earth's crust?
The Earth's crust is divided into continental crust and oceanic crust. Underneath the crust and attached to it is the uppermost brittle mantle, which, together with the crust is referred to as the lithosphere.
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.
What is a large crust layer that moves as one unit?
Technically, it's crust with an attached layer of brittle upper mantle, together known as the lithosphere; they're called lithospheric or tectonic plates.
Where is the crust and brittle upper mantle form?
The Lithosphere
What does the the lithosphere consists of?
It consists of the crust and the uppermost brittle mantle.
What are the 2 divisions of the crust?
The lithosphere is the rigid outer part of a planet and comes in separate sections called tectonic plates. It includes the outer layer or the crust and the middle layer or the mantle.
Which earth layer is found under the crust?
35 - 60 Kms would be the uppermost mantle, which along with the crust forms the hard, brittle lithosphere. The Mantle is a semi-molten layer.
Does the lithosphere include all of the core and some of the mantle?
No, rather it is the crust and the uppermost brittle mantle.
