What Is the Asthenosphere

question 31

Multiple Choice

What is the asthenosphere?

• A) It is the surface that separates the crust from the mantle.
• B) It is the zone that separates the continental crust from the oceanic crust.
• C) It is in the surface that separates the inner and outer core.
• D) It is the zone of weakness in the mantle on which the lithosphere moves.
• E) It is the same as the Gutenberg Discontinuity.

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Definitions:

Somatosensory Cortex

A part of the brain that processes sensory input from various parts of the body, including touch, temperature, and pain.

Parietal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex involved in processing sensory information from various parts of the body, understanding spatial orientation, and language and mathematics processing.

Left Hemisphere

The hemisphere of the brain that is typically responsible for the control of language, math, and logical thinking processes.

Language

is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.