The average rate of movement of tectonic plates per year is roughly one to two inches. Individual parts of interacting plates can move more than several feet during earthquakes. Over large time spans, tectonic plates can move to all parts of the globe.
Tectonic plates move thousands of miles because they are not anchored down.
tectonic plates
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
Tectonic Plates move by trying to push past each other and by trying to slide past each other.
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.
No(see the explanation of the question "Why do the tectonic plates move?"
Tectonic plates move thousands of miles because they are not anchored down.
Tectonic plates move from east to west as a whole due to the coreolis (not sure of spelling) effect.
tectonic plates
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Magma moving underneath the earth causes tectonic plates to move about.
earthquake zone or in the boundry of tectonic plates
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
Tectonic plates interact at plate boundariesThey move apart at divergent boundaries
Because tectonic plates move, therefore if the continent is on it, it moves with it!
Tectonic Plates move by trying to push past each other and by trying to slide past each other.