What is a tectonic plate movement?

Answer 1

A tectonic plate is a thin slab of irregularly shaped rock located under oceans and continents, they sit on top of a brittle layer of earth called the mantle. They constantly move and many volcanoes can be found at plate boundaries, each of them depending on where they have their own kind of crust that’s different from the layer that coats the earth. Tectonic plates are segments of the earth’s lithosphere, the hard rocky outer sell composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle. These plates are divided y lines, faults, ridges and destruction. They cover the entire surface of the earth and can either be continental or oceanic, floating on magma and the mantle they can cause many earthquakes and can even form fold mountains by either converging or diverging.

Answer 2

Tectonic plates are segments of the Earth's lithosphere, the hard rocky outer shell composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle. This shell is divided by lines of faults, ridges of plate creation, and zones of plate destruction.

All in all, there are roughly 75 major and minor tectonic plates which cover the entire surface of the planet. Plates can be composed of oceanic crust, continental crust, or a combination of both.

The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.

tectonic plates are massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.

tectonic plates are a major thing in the earth

A piece of the crust which is slowly floating on magma, or the mantle (The crust and the mantle are layers of the earth). There are 32 tectonic plates, but only 16 main ones. Eg. Indo-Australian plate, North American plate.

Tectonic plates cause many earthquakes, and can form mountains by either rubbing against eachother, converging or diverging.

It is a piece of land that moves to fit into another plate, like a puzzle.

Tectonic plates are segments of the Earth's lithosphere. Interaction between tectonic plates is responsible for earthquakes and volcanic activity.
The outer shell of the earths crust, also known al the litoshere, is broken up into seven movable pieces called techtonic plates. The movement snd friction of them moving against each other are to blame for earthquakes,

Answer 3

As the Earth's fluid mantle moves, due to convection currents, tensions build up on the crust which is solid, over it and can't follow the underlying movement as readily. That tension causes amongst other things wrinkles (mountains) and eventually the plaques will have to move or break, much like a bow will eventually shoot an arrow or break if you keep pulling it's string. If much tension has been stored the movement can be sudden and you have a huge earthquake.

Answer 4

Tectonic plates are large plates of rock that make up the foundation of the Earth's crust and the shape of the continents. The tectonic plates comprise the bottom of the crust and the top of the Earth's mantle. There are ten major plates on Earth and many more minor ones. They float on a plastic-like part of the Earth's mantle called the asthenosphere. The plates are most famously known for being the source of earthquakes.

The tectonic plates are about 100 km (60 miles) in thickness, with continental plates tending to be thicker than oceanic ones. The composure of the two types of plate is also quite different. Oceanic plates consist of thicker basaltic rocks, compressed by the pressure of kilometers of water. Contintental plates have a lower average density, containing granitic rocks with a heavy composition of aluminum and silica.

The mantle underneath the tectonic plates is constantly recirculating, causing the plates to float around slowly in a process called tectonic drift. This process was described well by the theory of plate tectonics, which solved several scientific dilemmas about the distribution of species when it was introduced. When plates push up against each other, they create mountain ranges and volcanoes. Mt. Everest was created

Because the plates are so large, each wraps over a considerable portion of the Earth's surface, making them curved. This is a different shape than the flatness the word "plate" suggests.

Over time, plate tectonics has caused the world's continents to be reshaped. Every continent on Earth was once part of an ancient supercontinent known as Pangaea, and Antarctica was once located in a temperate climate. Marine fossils can be found on the peaks of the world's tallest mountains. The tectonic plates continue to move slowly, but it is unlikely that their movement will cause the world's face to change more rapidly than the growing technological influence of mankind will. One day the plates' great momentum and pressure might even be used as a source of geological energy.

Answer 5

Tectonic plateau is a plateau formed by the movement of tectonic plateaus