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pressure from under the surface forces the magma up!

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Why is the Earth's crust in constant in motion?

Convection currents of heat underneath the earth's crust in the mantle (magma) cause the tectonic plates of the earth's crust to move.


Is the Earth's crust is in motion?

Convection currents of heat underneath the earth's crust in the mantle (magma) cause the tectonic plates of the earth's crust to move.


Why is earth's crust in constant motion?

Convection currents of heat underneath the earth's crust in the mantle (magma) cause the tectonic plates of the earth's crust to move.


How do earthqukes form?

The earths crust is split into large pieces called plates. When they move they cause a earthquake.


What activity in the magma causes crustal plate movement?

The movement of magma beneath the Earth's crust can create convection currents, which push and pull on the crustal plates above. This movement can cause the plates to shift and collide, leading to processes such as subduction, where one plate is forced beneath another, or seafloor spreading, where new crust is formed along mid-ocean ridges.


When tectonic plates move slip past each other they cause in earths crust?

Faults, and plate rupture.


What causes magma to rise to earths surface?

The magma is in the mantle, the layer under the crust. There is a convection current caused by radioactivity in the inner core which causes the plates to move. Therefore the constructive plates move apart which means magma can rise up. It'll then solidify and this is what makes volcanoes. Hence CONSTRUCTive.


When earthquake happen when these sections of earth crust move?

earthquakes happen when these sections of earths crust move


What feature allows magma to move though the crust?

is it faults??


How the oceanic crust move?

The earths crust layer is constantly moving because of the layer beneath it that has all the liquid magma. The magma needs a place to escape because of the pressure it takes on so where does it go, it goes up and pushes on the earths crust to escape. The places it escapes are pretty much where they follow the path of least resistance and that is where the plates of the earth crust meet. The Atlantic ridge which is the second biggest in the world has eruptions all the time constantly added to land to the sea and pushing other plates together. So in short the plates move because the layer beneath it are always on the move as well.


What are cracks in earths crust that move or shift?

Tectonic plates.


What layer of earth is made up of plates that move?

The earths crust