What are the 2 major components of lithosphere

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The lithosphere is the solid, rocky layer, composed of the crust and the hard uppermost mantle, and reacts to stresses as a brittle solid. The lithosphere is fragmented into tectonic plates with boundaries where plates collide, diverge, or grind past each other.

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