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    The ____________________ Theory States That the Lithosphere Is a Shell
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The ____________________ Theory States That the Lithosphere Is a Shell

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The ____________________ theory states that the lithosphere is a shell of hard, strong rock that floats on the hot, plastic asthenosphere.

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