The Composition and Structure of Earth

Question	Answer
lithosphere	Is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid.
asthenosphere	Is partially molten upper mantle material that behaves plastically and can flow.
Oceanic crust	s composed of magma that erupts on the seafloor to create basalt lava flows or cools deeper down to create the intrusive igneous rock gabbro.
Continental crust	Is made up of many different types of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Solid Earth	Based on composition differences
Lithosphere	Solid and Rigid
Crust	Earth´s relativley thin rock outer skin.

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	Created by Juan Ignacio Guerrero López over 5 years ago