UNIVERSE
PLANETARY INTERIORS
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Question
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The Moho forms a boundary between which two layers of Earth?
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lithosphere and asthenosphere
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crust and mantle
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upper mantle and lower mantle
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outer core and lower mantle
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Named after the pioneering Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovičić, the Moho separates both the oceanic crust and continental crust from the underlying mantle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Moho, or Mohorovičić discontinuity, boundary between the Earth’s crust and its mantle. The Moho lies at a depth of about 22 mi (35 km) below continents and about 4.5 mi (7 km) beneath the oceanic crust.
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