Which layers form earths rigid, mobile tectonic plates?

A) crust and lower mantle

B) inner and outer core

C) upper and lower mantle

D) crust and upper mantle

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Jamie Boone

20 February, 04:25

Which layers form earths rigid, mobile tectonic plates?

A) crust and lower mantle

B) inner and outer core

C) upper and lower mantle

D) crust and upper mantle

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Eva Zhang · Answer 1

D. crust and upper mantle

because it is the two uppermost layers that moves the plates to create earthquakes, landslides, etc.

A is wrong because there is another layer in between the two called the upper mantle.

B and C is wrong because they do not contain the crust, the outermost layer of the earth.

Which layers form earths rigid, mobile tectonic plates?A) crust and lower mantleB) inner and outer coreC) upper and lower mantleD) crust and upper mantle

Which layers form earths rigid, mobile tectonic plates?

A) crust and lower mantle

B) inner and outer core

C) upper and lower mantle

D) crust and upper mantle