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The plates (continental and ocean plates) ride atop the asthenosphere, a layer of viscous rock in the upper mantle beneath the crust.
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Are the tectonic plates in the earths inner core?
No the tectonic plates are on top of the crust.
What forces below earth surface shape landforms?
The tectonic plates below earths surface shape earths landforms
What is plate tectonic plates?
its the earths crust
What are plates that are part of the earths outer layer called?
Tectonic Plates.
What layer are the plates on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
What is earths lithosphere broken up into?
Tectonic Plates
What is the earths lithosphere broken up into?
Tectonic Plates
The lithosphere is broken into pieces called what?
what causes the earths tectonic plates to move
What causes earths changes to earths landforms?
the tectonic platesthe tectonic plates can be move to be far and near to each other
What layer are the plates sliding on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
How do covergent boundary plates affect earths surface?
The tectonic plates combined together
What do the plates that form the earths crust float on?
There called tectonic plates, and they do not float on anything.
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