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How do you plates tectonics and the theory of plate tectonics relate?
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They are the same thing.
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What Is the theory that the earths lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere?
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
How do you plates tectonics and the theory of plate tectonics?
They are the same thing.
What theory states that plates move around on the athenosphere?
the crust cracks and magma fills in the space
What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
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.
What is the theory of the moveable plates on earth?
The theory is called plate tectonics.
How is plate tectonics a theory?
plate tectonics is a theory because t explains the formation, movement, and subduction of earth' s plates.
What is the therory that explains the movement of tectonic plates?
The crustal movement of the plates in the earth are not completely understood by scientist and considered a phenomenon. It is an accepted theory that the strength of the water in contrast to the weakness of the land make the movement of the plates.
What theory that plates move around on the asthenosphere?
It is plate tectonics.
What is the theory that the earth's plates move slowly to new locations over geological time?
The theory that the Earth's plates move slowly to new locations over geological time is known as the Plate Tectonics Theory. It was created by Alfred Wegener.
What is the theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around?
That would be the theory of plate tectonics.
Which scientific theory is not shown by the world map of earth's plates?
the theory of plate tectonics
