• Is the hard and rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the Asthenosphere.
THE LITHOSPHERE
= is the upper portion of the lithosphere
• Crust
= beneath the lithosphere which is the
uppermost part of the mantle and has the characteristics of being hot and flowing.
• Asthenosphere
• The ——— portion of the mantle is pliable and ductile because the outer core which it surrounds is a hot liquefied rock layer that has convection currents.
inner,