Tectonic plates are composed of the crust and upper mantle rock which is lighter than the more dense mantle. Rising and falling convection currents in the mantle cause imperceptibly slow movements in the plates (on the rate of fingernail growth). The source of the heat driving the convection currents comes from residual heat from the Earth's formative processes, pressure from gravity, and from radioactive decay of elements.there is also something called the slab-pull force. This occurs when a more dense oceanic plate subducts under a less dense plate and pulls the rest of the plate along. The subducting plate drives the downward-moving portion of convection currents.
tectonics movement is due to constant variation in temperature of inner crest.
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
yes the plates can move slowly
Tectonic plates move thousands of miles because they are not anchored down.
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At a divergent boundary tectonic plates move apart.
The answer is Tectonic Plates
No(see the explanation of the question "Why do the tectonic plates move?"
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
yes the plates can move slowly
Tectonic plates move thousands of miles because they are not anchored down.
Tectonic plates move from east to west as a whole due to the coreolis (not sure of spelling) effect.
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earthquake zone or in the boundry of tectonic plates
Magma moving underneath the earth causes tectonic plates to move about.
At a divergent boundary tectonic plates move apart.
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.