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these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
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Tectonic plates are large sections of Earth's crust that float on the semi-fluid mantle beneath them. The continents were formed through the process of plate tectonics, where tectonic plates collided, separated, or slid past each other over millions of years. This movement caused the continents to come together to form supercontinents, break apart, and drift to their current positions.
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What is a single landmass once formed by the continents?
Pangaea is the single landmass that was formed by the continents around 335 million years ago. It eventually broke apart into the continents we have today due to the movement of tectonic plates.
Which mountain formed by two continents colliding?
The Ural Mountains were formed by the collision of the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates, marking the boundary between Europe and Asia.
What do you call overlapping portions of two continents?
Overlapping portions of two continents are known as continental plates or tectonic plates. These plates can collide, separate, or slide past each other due to the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates.
What type of natural boundary divides continents?
A tectonic boundary, such as a mountain range or a deep ocean trench, can divide continents. These boundaries are formed by the movement of tectonic plates and can create physical barriers between landmasses.
How does the continent been formed?
Continents are primarily formed through geological processes such as plate tectonics. This involves the movement of tectonic plates, which can result in the collision, separation, or subduction of land masses. Over millions of years, these processes lead to the formation of continents as we know them today.
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 layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates and what layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
When two plates carrying continents collide the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
Do tectonic plates play a part in continent?
continents are tectonic plates! so.... yes!
When two plates carrying the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
How do continents develop?
Continents develop through plate tectonics, where tectonic plates in the Earth's crust move and interact with each other. Continents can also form through processes like volcanic activity, sedimentation, and erosion over millions of years. These processes can lead to the creation, splitting, merging, and movement of continents on Earth's surface.
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
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.
Why do the Earth's continents move?
because of tectonic plates
What do the tectonic plates look like?
they are the giant plates underneath all the continents
Are tectonic plates large and small slabs of rocks?
Tectonic plates are very large (their highest points form the continents) and constitute the hard crust of the planet. They sit afloat the mantle - molten material called magma - and they are formed from- and return to- magma as parts of the plates are cooled or heated.
How does the movement of tectonic plates and continents relate?
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
How do the tectonic plates moved the continents?
The continents are part of Earth's tectonic plate system, when the plates move the continents move with them. The plate movement is driven by slow mantle convection driven by the heat in Earth's core.
