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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