it is because the centre of the earth is filled with magma this creates energy and pushes the plates up, this then heats the sea and the plates float
The plates on the top of the upper mantle are referred to as the lithosphere, which slides on the asthenosphere.
well the mantle causes the continents to move on the ocean floor and sand it makes it slide
yea know the crust
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The layer of the Earth that makes up the plates are known as the lithosphere. The continents are sliding on the asthenosphere.
the lithoshere is where the continental plates slide on!
The Mantle
The continental lithosphere.
The layer of the Earth which makes up the plates is called the lithosphere. The lithosphere is composed of the continental and oceanic crusts along with the hard upper mantle.
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They are called lithospheric or tectonic plates, of which there are around 30 worldwide, encompassing the entire hard brittle surface layer of the Earth.
Continental plates are made of granite
The continental lithosphere.
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
friction of the gravity
CRUST I JUST LEARNED THAT IT'S CRUST (I think )
Asthenosphere
the crust. the layer below that is the layer of molten lava called the mantle. the continental plates move and float on this. this is known as continental drift
They are sliding on the worldly 13 plates of all th continent
The layer of the Earth which makes up the plates is called the lithosphere. The lithosphere is composed of the continental and oceanic crusts along with the hard upper mantle.
In broad terms, the various tectonic plates, including the continental ones, rest on the mantle. More precisely, the specific layer they move on is the plastic/deformable asthenosphere.
The outer crust.
The continents are located on Continental plates, which "float" and "slide" along the Asthenosphere, which is the "gooey" upper mantle and lower part of the crust.
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.