According to the theory of isostasy, the __________ is in floating equilibrium on the __________.
A) core, asthenosphere
B) asthenosphere, mantle
C) lithosphere, asthenosphere
D) inner core, outer core
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Q31: The lithosphere is:
A) hot, plastic, but solid
Q32: Tectonic plates typically move at rates of
Q33: Where two lithospheric plates of different densities
Q33: When a plate carrying continental crust converges
Q34: The Mid-Oceanic Ridge is elevated above the
Q36: The Himalayan Mountain Range is an example
Q37: The entire mantle-lithosphere system circulates in great
Q38: Alfred Wegener realized that:
A) the African and
Q39: _ have occurred on average every 500,000
Q40: Where two plates move horizontally toward each
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