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Continents make up parts of the Earth's crust. They are sliding about on top of the mantle, which makes up the majority of the Earth's mass and consists largely of magma.
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∙ 13y agoThey slide on the asthenosphere, a portion of the upper mantle below the lithosphere.
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∙ 12y agowell the lithosphere is the crust and is hard. So it would be the asthenosphere (plastic like fluid.
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∙ 13y agoYes.
It's called continental drift.
The San Andreas Fault, which gives some Americans earthquakes is one point where two tectonic plates are colliding.
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∙ 14y agoThey are on the crust of the earth.
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∙ 15y agocontinents are part of the crust
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∙ 12y agoContinental plates float on the mantle.
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Which layer of the earth are the continents a part of?
the crust.
What is Earth's outermost layer on which the continents are located?
The Crust.
How were the fossil symbols helpful in deciding where to move the continents?
How where the fossil symbols and mountain belts helpful in deciding where to move to move the continents.
Which layer contains continents and other landforms?
The outer layer, consisting of the Crust and Lithosphere.
What are tectonic plates pushed by?
In the mantle, there is a fluid-like layer called the asthenosphere which has convection currents, due to the heat of the inner core. Earth's plates are hypothetically "floating" on the asthenosphere. The currents in this layer push whatever is on top of it, thus the continents move.
What layer of the earth do the continents move on?
the crust is the top layer of the earth
What layer of earth forms the continents?
the crust. the layer below that is the layer of molten lava called the mantle. the continental plates move and float on this. this is known as continental drift
Is the upper layer of earth is broken into more than a dozen continents that move very slowly in various directions?
no it is tectonic plates
What layer of the earth makes up these plates and what layer are these continents sliding on?
The plates on the top of the upper mantle are referred to as the lithosphere, which slides on the asthenosphere.well the mantle causes the continents to move on the ocean floor and sand it makes it slideyea know the crustti is i dont ge ehttt
What layer of the earths make up these plates and what layer are are the continents sliding on?
The plates on the top of the upper mantle are referred to as the lithosphere, which slides on the asthenosphere.well the mantle causes the continents to move on the ocean floor and sand it makes it slideyea know the crustti is i dont ge ehttt
What layer of the earth makes up these plates and what layer are the continents are sliding on?
The plates on the top of the upper mantle are referred to as the lithosphere, which slides on the asthenosphere.well the mantle causes the continents to move on the ocean floor and sand it makes it slideyea know the crustti is i dont ge ehttt
Which layer of the earth are the continents a part of?
the crust.
What fractured rock layer is found at the edge of continents?
The answer is fault. It's the edge of continents.
What layer of the earth are the continents sliding on?
mantle
How does sea floor spreading make the continents move?
Under the oceanic crust is the layer of the earth called the mantle. This layer is moving rock that is very, very hot! As the hot material in the mantle pushes up through the crust in the sea floor, it cools and becomes new crust as it pushes out (spreads) the sea floor. This movement in the plates causes other plates (continental and oceanic) to move as well. This is how sea floor spreading causes continents to move.
What layer are the continents sliding plates?
The outer crust.
What are earth's continents considered to be part of what layer?
The crust.
