UNIVERSE
PLANETARY INTERIORS
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the asthenosphere is divided into plates
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the lithosphere is divided into plates
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The theory of plate tectonics proposes that the earth’s lithosphere is divided into 7 major and 8 minor plates.
Detailed explanation-2: -Together, the crust and the upper part of the mantle form the lithosphere, Earth’s solid outer shell. This rocky, brittle layer is broken up into seven major and several minor tectonic plates (also known as lithospheric plates) that fit together like puzzle pieces. Layers of the earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -In plate tectonics, Earth’s outermost layer, or lithosphere-made up of the crust and upper mantle-is broken into large rocky plates. These plates lie on top of a partially molten layer of rock called the asthenosphere.
Detailed explanation-4: -This mobile plate motion is referred to as plate tectonics. The Earth’s lithosphere, is divided up into different regions that com-prise the tectonic plates. The plates are defined by rigid, non-deforming sections of lithosphere moving at nearly uniform velocity with weak regions between them.