We can say that Earth's crust floats on the mantle because
A) the mantle is very hot and flows from internal convection.
B) part of the mantle is hot enough to flow as a plastic solid.
C) the continental crust floats on the oceanic crust.
D) the mantle is below the crust.
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Q29: The outer core is
A)rock.
B)plastic.
C)liquid.
D)the source for volcanoes.
Q30: The upper mantle can be divided into
Q31: The Earth's magnetic field is attributed to
Q32: Evidence to support the fact that Earth's
Q33: The lithosphere rides on top of the
Q35: P-waves travel faster through the inner core
Q36: The mantle can be separated into two
Q37: Which seismic waves produce a wave shadow?
A)P-waves.
B)Love
Q38: Continental crust is
A)thinner than oceanic crust.
B)less dense
Q39: The lithosphere includes
A)continental and oceanic crust.
B)the crust
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