Geologists View the Part of Our Planet That Is Called

question 55

Multiple Choice

Geologists view the part of our planet that is called the ______________ as consisting of a number of close-fitting plates.

• A) mesosphere
• B) lithosphere
• C) asthenosphere
• D) none of these

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