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What is the Earth's plates are presently drifting on?
Tectonic Plates float on the semi-molten surface of the mantle.
What drives the process of plates tectonics the currently accepted explanation for the movement of drifting continents?
Unequal heat distribution.
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
What planet has drifting continents and active volcanoes?
earth
Is the earth getting larger and wider when plates drift away from each other Why?
No. This is an old theory that has been mostly discredited. You can still find videos on in on ytube however - some of them very well done.
Which rigid zone on the earth' surface form drifting tectonic plates?
Which rigid zone on the Earth's surface forms the earth's "drifting" tectonic plates?
What is the Earth's plates are presently drifting on?
Tectonic Plates float on the semi-molten surface of the mantle.
Which rigid zone on the Earth's surface forms the earth's drifting tectonic plates?
The lithosphere.
A Which rigid zone on the Earth's surface forms the earth's drifting tectonic plates?
The lithosphere.
The Earth's plates are presently drifting on?
The Earth's tectonic plates drift above a thick layer called the mantle. It makes up about 84 of the Earth's volume.
What drives the process of plates tectonics the currently accepted explanation for the movement of drifting continents?
Unequal heat distribution.
How many plates is earth's crust made of?
There are currently 14 continental and oceanic plates that make up the earth's crust.
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the?
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the Lithosphere. It's not one solid sheet but broken into slabs called plates. They are in motion and drift over the asthenosphere. It's a lot like a slab of ice drifting over the surface of a lake.
Which process is currently accepted explanation of the movement of drifting continents?
the convection currents in the mantle under the earths curst is moving the broken plates in earths lithosphere causing the plates slide across the lithosphere. this process is called tectonics. (jon lay wrote this,)
Why the Japan earthquake happened?
because of the tectonic plates under the sea were drifting actively
What planet has drifting continents and active volcanoes?
earth
