The Lithosphere Floats on the Asthenosphere Because It Is Made

question 74

True/False

The lithosphere floats on the asthenosphere because it is made of continental and oceanic crust that is buoyant rock and of the upper mantle where the temperature is cool and its pressure is low.

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