It's better to say that the continents are part of the plates. Plate boundaries are sometimes on dry land and sometimes not.
continents are tectonic plates! so.... yes!
Tectonic plates.
these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
they are the giant plates underneath all the continents
No, the sizes and shapes of the continents do not directly correspond to the sizes and shapes of tectonic plates. Tectonic plates are larger and different in shape compared to the continents they contain. Continental plates can span multiple tectonic plates and vice versa.
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
Overlapping portions of two continents are known as continental plates or tectonic plates. These plates can collide, separate, or slide past each other due to the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates.
The continents moved because of the tectonic plates of earth that they rest on.
The continents are part of Earth's tectonic plate system, when the plates move the continents move with them. The plate movement is driven by slow mantle convection driven by the heat in Earth's core.
Tectonic plates are found all over the Earth's surface, but they are most prominent along the boundaries of continents and oceans. These boundaries form the edges of the plates where they interact, leading to geological events like earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Continents and tectonic plates are sliding on the asthenosphere, which is a ductile layer of the Earth's mantle below the lithosphere. The asthenosphere allows for the movement of tectonic plates due to its semi-fluid properties.
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