What happens when stress builds at faults? A Energy is absorbed.
B Rock can bend and break.
C Plates form on the lithosphere.
D Earthquakes develop at Earth’s surface.

If a population is growing quickly in a small area then what must increase as well

1. crust 1 the metallic layer at the earth's center 2. inner core 3 the firm layer between the crust and the asthenosphere 3. lower mantle 2 the layer surrounding the inner core 4. asthenosphere 4 the semi-solid layer between the top layer and the upper mantle 5. upper mantle 5 the layer between the asthenosphere and lower mantle 6. top layer 6 the earth's outermost layer 7. outer core 7 the hottest part of the mantle

The covers all of earth like a thin shell,but it is not a solid sheet of material.it is broken up into several large sections and many smaller ones. fill in the blank.