part of the earth, made up from hot solid rock
2006-10-14 11:10:39 · 3 answers · asked by hyomijun 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Earth's mantle is the thick shell of dense rock surrounding the liquid metallic Earth's outer core, and lies directly beneath the Earth's thin crust. Earth's mantle lies roughly between 30 and 2,900 km below the surface, and occupies about 70% of Earth's volume.
The lithosphere is part of the mantle, but that's a noun; ditto the asthenosphere. (The exosphere is that part of the atmosphere closest to outer space and also a noun).
A might be "active";
L might be "layered" or "liquid";
E might be "energetic".
2006-10-15 00:46:59 · answer #1 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lithosphere, asthenosphere, and exosphere
2006-10-14 11:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_%28geology%29
Does this help?
2006-10-14 11:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋