which part floats on top of the asthenosphere?
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The crust but more specifically the lithospheric plates.\n\nThe lithosphere is divided into 7 major plates and about 7 minor ones. The major ones contain the continents.\n\nThese plates move in response to the convection of molten material in the mantle. As the molten rock circulates, it pulls lithospheric plates along like they were on a conveyor belt.\n\nThe crust floats atop the molten rock below b/c it is less dense.
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I believe in either the lithosphere or asthenosphere (mantle)
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Asthenosphere. \n\nThe asthenosphere is believed to be a ductile zone, probably around 1400-1600 degrees C, that flows slowly in response to stress. It is not liquid. The applied pressures are above 100 MPa (14,500 psi). Various sources estimate its thickness at 180-200 km.\n\nI've added a link to one of my previous answers explaining plate tectonics, and a definition from Schlumberger, and another from USGS.
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carnival baloons reach a specific hieght at which they stop verical movement and start to float around losing gas and eventually coming down to earth. i dont know why hey stop movung up but my guess is that they stop when the thickness of air at that altitude is less than the density of helium.
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I think I know what you're talking about. It's in California on Highway 1 and it's called the Mystery Spot. \nThe gravity there isn't really off balance, but there is an optical illusion there that makes you think the world is a little crooked.\nThis is thier web site:  http://www.mysteryspot.com/\nI visited there a few years ago, but really was not impressed. Gravity seemed just fine to me.
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On top of the arch...???
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any object in space floats due to the absence of gravity.so,the flag also must be floating.the moon had a surface in which the flag was landed
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On the top right hand side i think
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It passes through both since it goes to the top of the globe on both sides
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Don't have it handy,but it'sjust a little denser than water, from what I remember. Check www.nasa.gov. They have lots of planetary info!
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Strange question.  First, it says z% of Earth's total icecap volume is floating, then it breaks down the total floating icecap as x% above water and y% below water.  Given that, what is the point of telling us that z% of the ice is floating?  \n\nMy real issue though, is that, since we are talking about FLOATING ice, the ocean level won't change at all.   Remember that a floating object displaces its weight (Archimedes Principle).  When the ice melts, the weight of the water stays the same - you just have the melted ice now occuping the same 92% of space in the ocean that the ice used to occupy.\n\nBy the way, the reason melting glaciers will raise ocean levels is because the glaciers are NOT floating ice until they break off - they are on land.  Actually, the ocean level rises as soon as the glacier hits the water.  After that, it doesn't matter how long it takes for the glacier to melt.
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Mu,\n\ni.e. The question is incomplete, part of the ship will be above water, part below, depending on the exact nature of the ship and the position of the ladder a differing amount of steps will be visible when it is floating.
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the earth is a oblate spheroid....we do not fall to the edges because of the gravitational pull...
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No piece of land is going up into space.. Im pretty sure a chunk of land isnt going to float up into space on its own
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None!\n\nAtmosphere is made up of Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%),Argon (0.9%) and other gasses e.g Carbon dioxide, Methane, Rare (inert) gases (0.1%)
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Here you go...\n\nGRAVITY:\n\nEarth - 100%\nMoon - 16%\nMercury - 37%\nVenus - 88%\nMars - 38%\nJupiter - 264%\nSaturn - 115%\nUranus - 93%\nPluto - 6%\nSun - 2790%
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I'm not an expert, but just rationally thinking about this would be similar to a pot of boiling water. If something is on top of the convection wave, it is moved away from the centre of the convection current (the hottest part).\n\nLikewise, as the the convection wave moves up and outward and back down to the point of origin, the earth's plates "float" with this motion and because the plates are solid, they have to go someplace when and where they impact. The plate that contains the heavier, or more mass, subducts under the "lighter" plate.\n\nOccasionally, the thin part of a plate will slide over a "hot spot" where the magma "boils" through the plate and forms a volcano - and the rest - - -