The outer 75 to 125 kilometers of the Earth, including both the crust and upper mantle, consists of:
A) molten iron and nickel of the outer core.
B) weak, plastic rock of the asthenosphere.
C) hard, strong rock of the lithosphere.
D) solid iron and nickel of the inner core.
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Q20: A/an _ _ is a long narrow
Q21: Where two plates carrying continental crust converge,
Q22: A mantle plume is a _.
A) convergent
Q23: Magnetic orientation in rocks that is opposite
Q24: The Earth's outer core is:
A) cool and
Q26: At a divergent boundary between spreading tectonic
Q27: The first supercontinent formed by collisions of
Q28: The asthenosphere is:
A) hot, weak, and plastic.
B)
Q29: Continental crust is composed mainly of:
A) granite.
B)
Q33: When a plate carrying continental crust converges
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