Question

The crust of the earth is called______ .

Answer 1

Hint: The earth's crust is a thin shell on the outside of Earth, accounting for less than one percent of whole Earth's volume. It is the top component of the lithosphere, which is a division of the Earth's layers that includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle.

Complete answer: The crust and the upper mantle are responsible for making the lithosphere. The lithosphere is broken into the tectonic plates that can be moved. The crust is of the two different types; one is the continental crust, which is under the land, and the other is the oceanic crust, which is present under the ocean. The earth's layer constantly interacts with each other, and the crust and the upper portion of the mantle are the part of a single geologic unit known as the lithosphere. The lithosphere is divided into large chunks. These are known as the tectonic plates. This plate slowly starts floating on the top of the melted rock beneath them. Together, the uppermost mantle and the crust act mechanically as a single rigid layer, which is known as the lithosphere. The lithospheric outer shell of the Earth is not one continuous piece but is broken, like a slightly cracked eggshell, into about a dozen major separate rigid blocks, or the plates. Hence, the crust of the earth is called the lithosphere.

Note: Some of the other planets that also have lithospheres are mercury, venus and mars. Their lithospheres are much thicker than that of the Earth's lithosphere. The lithosphere is affected by many things such as water, ice and air. Together, all these create different climates.