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Where do you call the lithosperic plates slides back into the earth?
Subduction
What is the driving force for the moment of the lithospheric plates?
Heat escaping from Earth's core drives the mantle convection currents which move the Earth's lithospheric, tectonic plates. The heat in the Earth's core was originally a result of the gravimetric potential energy released as the Earth's materials collapsed out of the solar nebular. This heat melted the whole Earth and the various components separated into layers related to their density. All the heavy stuff - Iron, Nickel, gold and the radioactive elements went to Earth's centre. Over geologic time all this heat would have dissipated and the Earth should have cooled and completely solidified by now (there would be no plate movement as has happened on Mars). However, the quantity of radioactive elements packed into the core means that the energy from these as they decay (by fission) has kept Earth's core molten and hot (as hot as the surface of the Sun). So the forces moving the lithospheric plates are "nuclear powered". If one goes back further, the radioactive elements (all elements heavier than Iron) are made in the explosion of large stars called supernovas. So ultimately the force powering the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates is the explosion of a star. Isn't that amazing!
What is the convection current hypothesis?
The convection current hypothesis supposes that convection currents in the Earth's Mantel (the zone below the surface/crust and above the Earth's core) cause the movement of the tectonic plates (plates that make up the surface/crust of the Earth and shift/move on a grand time scale).
How do drawer slides back mount onto furniture?
Drawer slides back mount onto furniture by attaching the slides to the back of the drawer and the inside of the cabinet. This allows the drawer to smoothly slide in and out of the furniture.
What is subuction?
Subduction is the process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another plate into the Earth's mantle at a convergent boundary. This can lead to the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic activity. It is a fundamental process in plate tectonics that drives the movement and interaction of Earth's lithospheric plates.
What are the three types of boundaries between lithospheric plates?
Divergent - when two plates pull away from each other. Convergent - Also known as subduction zones, where volcanoes and mountains are often found, crust is destroyed and recycled back into the Earth's interior as one plate goes under another. Oceanic-Continental - An oceanic plate will push against a continental plate and is subducted under it.
How is a lithospheric plate like a line of moving grocery carts?
I guess because they are both a straight line and they each move back and forward
Which dino has plates in back?
Stegosaurus had plates down it's back
How are the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes useful in identifying Earth's tectonic plates?
Techtonic plate movement forms land masses by three different movements or boundaries: 1. tranform boundaries- when plates slide BY one another 2. divergent boundaries- when plates slide APART fom one another 3.convergent boundaries- when plates slide TOWARDS one another Convergent boundaries can form a continental collision, when "plates crash or crunch together" forming a mountain range (over millions of years). a convergent boundary can also make an ocean trench when one plate slides under the other.
Why are earthquakes less likely to happen at the centers of the earth?
they are less likely to happen at the center of Earth's plates because the plates collide in the front or in the back and unless a plate is the middl3e and another is moving to its center it well most likey not hit its center.
Kingdom Hearts after you get all the slides what do you do?
After you collect all 6 slides, go back into the tent and talk to Jane.
What is the main force that cause the plates that move?
The rising and falling of the molten lava underneath the plates. The magma is always moving in a circular motion. Since the center of the earth is the hottest when the lava rises it cools off as it gets further away from the center then it becomes cool and dense and falls back down towards the center then it heats back up and rises. That circular motion moves the plates
