science

which of these is FALSE about lithospheric plates?

• it has the same thickness everywhere

• it includes the crust and upper mantle

• it has thickest in the mountain

• it varies in thickness

how many major plates from the outer shell of the earth?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

in geological studies a fracture in the earth's surface along which movement has taken place is knon as

• epicenter

• earthquake

• fault

• foucs

what lies directly beneath the lithosphere and is around 200 km thick

• mantle

• lithosphere

• athesnosphere

• plates

most geologist think that the movement of earth's plates is caused by

• conduction

• earthquakes

• convection current in the mantle

• earth's magnetic field

earthquake vibrations are detected measured and recorded by an instrument called

• microscope
• barometer
• seismograph
• thermometer

the bisphere is the part of the earth where organisms live. what describes the entire solid earth and is composed of rocks. mineral and soul?

• lithosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere

how many minor plates from the outer shell of the earth

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

what kies directly beneath the crust?

• atmosphere
• ocean
• mantle
• core

the upper mantle and crust make up what major tectonic feature of our planet

• lithosphere
• biosphere
• asthenosphere
• hydrosphere