The concept of plate tectonics regards the Earth's ________ as broken into a number of ________ that are in motion relative to each other.
A. crust; plates
B. mantle; plates
C. asthenosphere; plates
D. plates; lithosphere
E. lithosphere; plates
Answer: E
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