Crust

Question 1

Outermost layer of earth and is the only layer where organisms are found this rigid layer is in the constant process of destruction and renewal

Answer 1

Crust

Question 2

Our slabs of the brittle lithosphere which can able to move due to the plasticity of the underlying asthenosphere

Answer 2

Tectonic plates

Question 3

Makes up the land surface of earth which is about 32 km thick

Answer 3

Continental crust

Question 4

Uplifted region of deformed rocks

Answer 4

Mountain belts

Question 5

Older than mountain belts within these areas are expansive and flat regions which are composed of deformed crystalline rocks called shields

Answer 5

Stable interiors

Question 6

Is 18 layer averaging from 5 to 7 km thick

Answer 6

Oceanic crust

Question 7

Oceanic crust consists of

Answer 7

Mafic rocks

Question 8

are the areas which separate continental and oceanic crust

Answer 8

Continental margins

Question 9

Lithosphere makes up the

Answer 9

Tectonic plates