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What process moves rocks around the planet?
Erosion;the movement of tectonic plates
How is convection in the mantle related to the movements of the tectonic plates?
because it moves the crust
What happens when the tectonic plates moves?
Earthquakes.... Volcanoes..... Tsunamis..... Landslides.... Avalanches can happen
What drives the process of plate teconics?
Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates of the Earth to move slowly. Mantle convection is when heat moves from the mantle to the surface and causes the mantle, and the tectonic plates to move very slowly.
Which feature is formed on the ocean floor when tectonic plates are pushed together so that one plate moves under the other?
ocean trench
What is the mechanism called that moves or drives the tectonic plates across the surface of the earth?
The way tectonic plates move is by the heat from the core that goes up to the mantle which pushes up the rock and pushes them together to form tectonic plates. Later the tectonic plates slowly go back down until the heat of the core reaches the mantle once again.
How do tectonic plates cause contenitial drift?
Because tectonic plates move, therefore if the continent is on it, it moves with it!
What moves the ocean floor?
the tectonic plates under the earths surface
What does the earths crust consist of that moves?
Those would be tectonic plates.
The large thin plates that moves relative to one another on the outer surface of the earth?
Tectonic plates.
What process moves rocks around the planet?
Erosion;the movement of tectonic plates
What moves at 0.0820 yards per year?
This is a guess: Earth's tectonic plates.
How is convection in the mantle related to the movements of the tectonic plates?
because it moves the crust
How does plates affect the surface of the surface?
when tectonic plate collides with other tectonic plates or moves into another tectonic plate it affects surface in a way to create mountains. Like Himalayas are created when the indian tectonic plate collided with asian tectonic plate.
What allows the tectonic plates in the lithosphere to move?
the hot magma moves around and they move.
Are tectonic plates moving faster because of climate change?
Think logic, How does Plates move? The Magma inside the earth moves the plates. So, No it don't.
What mechanism moves lithospheric plates?
What moves plate tectonics? Well, the magama underneath the plates move and shuffles.
