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The Earth is covered by roughly 30 major and minor hard, rocky, independently moving plates which are comprised of the crust and the attached uppermost mantle; the combination of the two attached layers are referred to as the lithosphere. The lithospheric plates move on top of the asthenosphere, the layer of the upper mantle in which moving currents of heated rock carry the lithospheric plates in a conveyor like fashion.
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∙ 6y agoYes it's true, however they're not the same size as the ones you will eat your dinner off of.
They are called tectonic plates and are often sizes of countries or even entire continents. There are 7 major tectonic plates that cover the entirety of the earth's surface
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∙ 13y agoyes but oceanic crust is younger than continental crust because of deep sea trenches
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∙ 11y agoTectonic plates
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How does the earth's plates move on top of the crust?
The Earth's tectonic plates do not move on top of the crust, they are the crust. The crust is made out of plates. The plates float on top of the mantle, which is made of molten rock, called magma. The plates move because of currents in the magma.
How many tectonic plates are made of only oceanic crust?
how many tectonic plates are made of oceanic crust
What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?
Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
What is the earths crust made of?
The crust of the Earth is made of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock.
What is the rigid shell of rock that surrounds the earth called?
The Earth does not have a "rigid" outer covering, it has an atmosphere.Below the atmosphere is the crust which is made of tectonic plates. However there plates are NOT rigid and to describe them as such would be incorrect, they deform and fold.
What is a part of the earth's crust?
The earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates.
What is the Earth's crust a part of?
The earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates.
How does the earth's plates move on top of the crust?
The Earth's tectonic plates do not move on top of the crust, they are the crust. The crust is made out of plates. The plates float on top of the mantle, which is made of molten rock, called magma. The plates move because of currents in the magma.
How many tectonic plates are made of only oceanic crust?
how many tectonic plates are made of oceanic crust
What is the Tectonic plate?
that the earth crust are made up of all different plates
Part of the earth made up of solid tectonic plates?
crust idiots
What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?
Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
Are plates made of Earth's crust and asthenosphere?
Tectonic plates are formed from the lithosphere which is the solid brittle portion of the upper mantle and the crust so tectonic plates are part of both the crust and the upper brittle mantle.
What is the earths crust made of?
The crust of the Earth is made of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock.
What makes up tetonic plates?
Tectonic plates are made of the Earth's crust. The convection caused by the mantle makes them move.
What is the name of the outermost shell of the solid earth?
The lithosphere/crust (which is made of tectonic plates). However, the plates are NOT rigid and to describe them as such would be incorrect, they deform and fold.
What is shaking in a earthquake?
The Earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates. These plates are constantly moving and when they rub against one another, it causes an earthquake. So the thing that is shaking is the Earth's crust.
