What is the major difference between the crust and the lithosphere?
A) The crust is cool and the lithosphere is hot.
B) The crust is compositionally distinct from the mantle, but the lithosphere is the rigid part of the crust and mantle.
C) The crust is located above the lithosphere.
D) The crust is located between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.
E) The crust is the rigid part of the earth and the lithosphere will flow.
B
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A) less than 30°C. B) at or about 30°C. C) more than 30°C.
Lake effect precipitation is caused by:
A) wind blowing over a frozen lake surface. B) wind blowing over an unfrozen lake surface. C) a land breeze. D) orographic effects only. E) none of the above
Match the following items with the correct description
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)