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The continents are located on Continental plates, which "float" and "slide" along the Asthenosphere, which is the "gooey" upper mantle and lower part of the crust.
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What layer of the earth are the continents sliding on?
mantle
What layer are the continents sliding plates?
The outer crust.
What layer are the continents and tectonic plates sliding on?
They are sliding on the worldly 13 plates of all th continent
What layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates and what layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
What layer are the continents sliding on?
well the continents are on the crust but when they slide it is becasue of the mantle when the convecton cycle of the magma is happening that cause the contunents to slide.
Is Antarctica sliding?
Antarctica is a continent, and continents are not described as 'sliding'.
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
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 Earth is the continent sliding on?
The mantle.
What type of friction slows down a sliding object?
sliding friction slows down a sliding object
What layer of the earth do the continents move on?
the crust is the top layer of the earth
