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How are plates motions connected with motions within the rest of the earths mantle?
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convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
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What layer in earths mantle do the plates slide over?
The asthenosphere.
The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
Where are tectonic plates located?
The entire crust (or outer layer) of the planet Earth is composed of plates, and the movements of those plates are described by the science of plate tectonics.
How fast does the plates move per year in the response to the movement in the earths mantle?
a few cent. per year...
What is rigid layer of earths surface made up of the crust and a part of the upper mantle?
the Lithosphere or Lithospheric Plates
Earths lithosphere is broken into huge moving slabs of rock driven by motions in the mantle?
The motion in the mantle is known as convection currents which helps move earth's slabs, known as plates. Convection occurs in the upper mantle known as the asthenosphere.
What layer are the plates on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
What happens as earths mantle drags on the bottom of techtonic plates?
The plates move
What does it mean to say earths plates float?
plates actually float on earth's mantle
What layer are the plates sliding on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
What are oceans current are formed by what?
Moving plates in the earths mantle.
What layer in earths mantle do the plates slide over?
The asthenosphere.
How does plate tectonics affect the mantle?
Tectonic Plates float on top of the earths mantle, the earths mantle is made up liquid which is always circulating.
What causes earths plates to move continuously?
Convection in the earth's mantle.
The driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth's?
mantle.
What process causes earths plates to move?
The process of 'earth plates moving' is Alfred Wageners theory of continental drift. This theory proposes that convenction currents in the earths mantle provides a 'cushion' on which the plates can move.
The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
