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Convection currents in the mantle and core make tectonic plates move. The continental crust of the Earth is thicker and lighter than the oceanic crust.
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What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What are the plates called that make up the Earth's crust?
They are known as tectonic plates from the Greek word for carpenter.
What do the crust and upper layer of the mantle make up?
The crust and the hard uppermost mantle make up the lithosphere, which is the solid, rocky layer covering the entire surface of the planet and reacts to stresses as a brittle solid. The lithosphere ranges in thickness from 50 - 200 kmA and is fragmented into tectonic plates with boundaries where plates collide, diverge, or grind past each other.A Wilson, M. (2000) Igneous Petrogenesis - A Global Tectonic Approach, Chapman and Hall, London.
How may tectonic plates make up the Earth's surface?
Earth's lithosphere is broken up into 15 tectonic plates.
How the movement of tectonic plates result in the formation of crustal features?
Magma is the molten rock below the crust, in the mantle. Tremendous heat and pressure within the earth cause the hot magma to flow in convection currents. These currents cause the movement of the tectonic plates that make up the earth's crust.
How they make a volcanic?
Volcanos are formed by tectonic plates pulling apart exposing the magma in the earth's mantle.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What are the plates called that make earthquakes?
Tectonic plates
Does magnetism make the tectonic plates move?
No(see the explanation of the question "Why do the tectonic plates move?"
What are the plates called that make up the Earth's crust?
They are known as tectonic plates from the Greek word for carpenter.
What is the name of the process of recycling materials that make up the earths crust and mantle?
Subduction is the process of materials moving back into the earth at the boundary of tectonic plates.
How many tectonic plates do we have?
there are 7 huge plates but dozens of smaller plates
What type of tectonic plates make a volcano?
pacific and atlantic plates
What do the crust and upper layer of the mantle make up?
The crust and the hard uppermost mantle make up the lithosphere, which is the solid, rocky layer covering the entire surface of the planet and reacts to stresses as a brittle solid. The lithosphere ranges in thickness from 50 - 200 kmA and is fragmented into tectonic plates with boundaries where plates collide, diverge, or grind past each other.A Wilson, M. (2000) Igneous Petrogenesis - A Global Tectonic Approach, Chapman and Hall, London.
How may tectonic plates make up the Earth's surface?
Earth's lithosphere is broken up into 15 tectonic plates.
Do tectonic plates make friction?
Friction itself is a naturally occurring force but yes, tectonic plates do encounter friction.
How the movement of tectonic plates result in the formation of crustal features?
Magma is the molten rock below the crust, in the mantle. Tremendous heat and pressure within the earth cause the hot magma to flow in convection currents. These currents cause the movement of the tectonic plates that make up the earth's crust.
