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What layer of the earth are plates found?
The plates are actively spreading submarine ridges in the middle of the oceans, subduction zones in ocean trenches or mountain ranges on the continents, or margins where the plates slide past one another. Most of the world's earthquakes occur at plate boundaries.
What differed from militias in that it was made up of mostly full time soldiers?
second continental congress
What type of labor was made up of day laborers and domestic servants?
Day labor was made up of day laborers and domestic servants who were mostly women.
What layer are the plates sliding on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
Europe and Asia is called?
continents or eurasia
What rock is continental plates made up of?
Continental Crust is the layer of rocks that forms the continents and continental shelves. It is mostly made of granite or granitic rock.
What made continents move?
The continents moved because of the tectonic plates of earth that they rest on.
What is the main mineral type that the oceanic plates are made of?
mostly made of basalt.
Are the continents on top of the earth's plates?
A continent is what floats on top of the plate. There are continental and oceanic plates. The continents float on the continental plate and the ocean sits on the oceanic plate. But there are also plates that carry both continents and oceans. The plates are what causes continental drift. So basically plates are what carry the continents and oceans.
The foundations of continents are made mostly of basalt?
false
What are the techtonic plates made of?
the techtonic plates are made of various types of rock. mostly Granite/ igneous rock.
Which continent is made up mostly of small continents?
Sion
What are the continetal plates?
the plates surrounding the continents
What is the main type of mineral ocean plates are made of?
mostly made of basalt.
What are tectonic plates how were continents formed?
these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
What is the difference between plate tectonics and tectonic plate?
There are two types of tectonic plates:oceanic plates, thin and dense composed mostly of basalt rockcrustal plates, thick and light composed mostly of granite rock
When two plates carrying the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
