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What do crustal plates carry?
seafloor
How it is possible for tectonic plates to carry continents and oceans?
Tectonic plates are large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them. Their movement is driven by convection currents in the mantle, causing plates to interact at their boundaries—either colliding, pulling apart, or sliding past one another. This interaction allows tectonic plates to carry continents and oceans, as they are essentially rigid blocks of the Earth's crust that can support landmasses and water bodies while shifting and reshaping the Earth's surface over geological time.
Why are continents not fixed permanently in location on the earths crust?
The continents are embedded in the top side of crustal plates which float on the surface of the mantle. Convection currents in the mantle carry the plates around and the embedded continents travel along.
What is the difference between a plate and a continent?
A continent is what floats on top of the plate. There are continental and oceanic plates. The continents float on the continental plate and the ocean sits on the oceanic plate. But there are also plates that carry both continents and oceans. The plates are what causes continental drift. So basically plates are what carry the continents and oceans.
What Six of the earths tectonic plates carry all or part of a?
Six of Earth's tectonic plates that carry all or part of a landmass are the African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Eurasian Plate, North American Plate, South American Plate, and the Australian Plate. These plates interact with each other, leading to various geological activities like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Are the continents on top of the earth's plates?
A continent is what floats on top of the plate. There are continental and oceanic plates. The continents float on the continental plate and the ocean sits on the oceanic plate. But there are also plates that carry both continents and oceans. The plates are what causes continental drift. So basically plates are what carry the continents and oceans.
What plates carry continents?
continetal plate
Where is the adjectives in Heather can carry five plates at a time?
The adjective is the word five written in front of plates.
How does the rock move in the asthenosphere?
Convection Currents carry the plates
What carries water from a lake to an ocean?
Estuaries are the rivers that carry the water from lakes to oceans.
Can you take dinner plates in carry on luggage?
don't think so. Nope
What would carry a camera to photograph earths surface and clouds and storms?
Weather ballons
