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What is earths source of heat energy that drives these huge continental plates?
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∙ 12y ago
earths innercore. it's temperature is so hot because of all the pressure from the other layers of the earth. the techtonic plates moving have nothing to do with the innercore.
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What is a plate tactonics?
PLATE TECTONICS is the study of the movement of the earths continental plates
Where in Earth's crust would you find basalt?
Most basalt is found in the oceanic plates. Most granite is found in the continental plates.
Why are oceanic plates lower than continental plates?
Because continental plates are denser than oceanic. That is why oceanic and continental plates cause subduction zones.
Earths lithosphere is broken into separate sections called?
It is broken into tectonic plates. Two types are the Continental Crust and the Oceanic Crust.
Name two types of tectonic plates?
The two types of tectonic plates are continental and oceanic.
Where was the continental drift?
Continental drift occurs under the earths crust by convection currents in the mantle which drives the plates. It has been happening since the development of the earths core and is happening now and until the end of the earth.
What is tactonic plates?
PLATE TECTONICS is the study of the movement of the earths continental plates
What are plates within earths crust?
Tectonic plates which may be either oceanic or continental in nature.
What drives the motion of the continental plates on Earth?
convection cells in the mantle
The earths crust is made of rock sections called?
Continental plates.
How does the surface of the earth change when two continental plates collide?
The Earths surface changes shape when plates collide when the earths surface overlaps or when there are Earthquakes.
What is a plate tactonics?
PLATE TECTONICS is the study of the movement of the earths continental plates
What do earths tectonic plates do?
The plates (continental and ocean plates) ride atop the asthenosphere, a layer of viscous rock in the upper mantle beneath the crust.
A rift valley can form where two continental plates are?
At diverging continental plate boundaries. Where tectonic plates made up of continental crust move away from each other, causing a depression it the earths crust.
What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?
Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
What process causes earths plates to move?
The process of 'earth plates moving' is Alfred Wageners theory of continental drift. This theory proposes that convenction currents in the earths mantle provides a 'cushion' on which the plates can move.
Where in Earth's crust would you find basalt?
Most basalt is found in the oceanic plates. Most granite is found in the continental plates.
