Are plate tectonics in the crust?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Plate Tectonics is not a physical object, it is the theory that there are multiple plates and that convection currents under the crust are moving them at speeds of mere millimeters every hundred thousand years.

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∙ 15y ago

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What form does the crust do?

plate tectonics.

How can you define plate tectonics not plate tectonics theory?

But plate tectonics is the theory which suggests that the Earth's crust is made up of solid plates moving relative to each other. Plate tectonics and the plate tectonics theory aren't really two separate things. However plates are pieces of the Earth's crust which are moving.

Which theory describes the motion of earth's crust on its mantle?

plate tectonics=D

What does plate tectonics cause a change in?

The earth's crust

WHAT forces change earth's crust?

plate tectonics

What layer of Earth makes up plate tectonics?

The crust

What is the bending and tilting of Earth's crust called?

Plate Tectonics .

What movements of the earth's crust and mantle are referred to as?

Plate tectonics.

Does plate tectonics occur on venus?

No. Plate tectonics are not possible on Venus because the crust is too thick and the upper mantle is not softened by water.

What are tectonics?

Plate tectonics is the study of the large tectonic plates which float on the lithosphere, making up our crust.

How old crust is recycled using the theory of plate tectonics?

Subduction

How are these three layers identified the core the mantel and the crust?

by the plate tectonics

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