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What are underground plates called?
Underground plates are called tectonic plates. These plates are large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other, causing phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What is Another Name For The Plates That Move Around?
If you mean for the plates that are the earth's crust they are called 'Tectonic Plates'.
Does magnetism make the tectonic plates move?
No(see the explanation of the question "Why do the tectonic plates move?"
Do tectonic plates movements happen at the same time?
When two plates next to each other move, they may move at the same time -- for example, if one plate is sliding over another, the other plate could be tilting or sinking. What's more likely to happen, though, is that the pressure will cause one of the plates to break or shift at a weak point -- a fault, for example. So a piece of the plate may move, while most of it doesn't.
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
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.
Large crustal plates moving on the earth's surface are?
called tectonic plates. These plates can move in different directions, either colliding, moving apart, or sliding past each other. Their movement is responsible for phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountain ranges.
Can tectonic plates pull apart collide and move past one another?
yes
How can tectonic plates move thousands of miles?
Tectonic plates move thousands of miles because they are not anchored down.
In what direction do tectonic plates go?
Tectonic plates move from east to west as a whole due to the coreolis (not sure of spelling) effect.
What the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the earth?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What are the plates move around the earth?
tectonic plates
