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Nuetrik [128]
3 years ago
6

The lithosphere floats on the asthenosphere like glass on clay. When the clay moves, the glass moves. The movement of the lithos

phere is _____?
Geography
1 answer:
emmasim [6.3K]3 years ago
8 0
The movement of the lithosphere is plate tectonics.

Plate tectonics is a structure of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that interacts with rigid "plates" that move slowly over the mantle.

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