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How does the ocean floor keep getting wider but the earth stays the same size?
Because the Earth's tectonic plates are constantly moving
Will the plates ever stop moving?
No, plates will always keep moving because of the convection currents in the mantle under the Earth's crust, as long as the Earth's interior stays hot. This is not likely to happen before the Sun swallows up our planet far, far in the future.
Which earth layer keep tectonic plates in motion?
Im pretty sure it is the Asthenosphere it is the warming, plastic (moving) like upper mantle.
What keeps Earth in motion?
plates keep earth in motion
How did earthquake make the Himalayas?
the earth's surface is made up of tectonic plates, due to convection currents these plates are moving all the time because of this you have huge tectonic plates pushing against each other. the cause of earth quakes is tectonic plates rubbing against each other, eventually these plates push up wards founing huge mountain vistas such as the himilayas. these plates keep moving and this is whay mount Everest grows 4 inches or so every year (might be 4 millimeters)
Why does djibouti have volcanic activity?
Because the plates keep moving which causes volcanic activity .
Why does the Himalayan mountains keep growing at a constant rate?
It does because the tectonic plates keep moving more upward in that area
Why do earthquakes occur along the fault lines of the earths plates?
because that's where they are colliding. the plates are moving towards each other and they collide and then they keep pushing on each other and may even crumble and that is when the earth cracks and breaks and an earth quake happens. hope this helps! :) :) i love Dallin Dorius! i no that was random, but i do!
Why do the continents keep on moving?
Due to the theory of Continental drift where the plates that the continents are on are moved by currents.
What forces keep the Earth moving?
No force makes the Earth move. It has enough momentum to continue moving through space.
How the different plates interact with one each other and what effect they have on the environment?
The plates in the Earths crust are always moving and occasionally the crash in to each other, the vast impact of the smash make the earth tremble and that is an earthquakes, they can also make tsunamis, and where the to plates meet they will keep pushing up into each other to make mountains.
What does the water keep moving on the surface and into the earth mean?
Being in the liquid form water keeps on moving on the surface and into the earth due to gravitation force of the Earth.
