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What layer is along the crust and forms the solid tectonics plates?
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New crust forms on the ocean floor due to what process?
Plate tectonics.
A mid-ocean ridge forms along what plates?
tectonic plates
What is the theory that explains how new crust is formed along a great crack in Earth's ocean floors?
The creation of oceanic crust at the mid-ocean ridges is part of the all encompassing theory of plate tectonics. The mid-ocean ridge is a volcanic feature caused by the spreading apart of oceanic plates as part of plate tectonics. The sea floor at the ridges are uplifted by rising magma. The rising magma is part of a process of heat transfer from the interior of the Earth to the surface known as a convection current. As the rising magma cools, it forms new crust which becomes part of the ridge.
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
New crust forms when or where?
where two plates pull apart from each other at oceanic ridges
Which earth layer does the following describe this layer along with the crust forms the solid tectonic plates?
Mesophere
New crust forms on the ocean floor due to what process?
Plate tectonics.
What layer alone with the crust forms the solid tectonic plates?
The plates are in the crust and upper mantle of the earth. I believe they are part of the lithosphere.
Are tectonic plates made of mantle?
The solid portion of the upper mantle which behaves as a brittle solid is known as the lithospheric mantle. This part of the upper mantle along with the crust forms tectonic plates.
Is the crust a layer of rocks under the plate or is the crust the plates?
The crust is the layer at the surface that forms the upper part of the plates. The plates also include a portion of the upper mantle just beneath the crust. Together, the crust and this upper portion of the mantle form the lithosphere.
A mid-ocean ridge forms along what plates?
tectonic plates
Plate tectonics what forms along continental divergent boundaries?
rift valley
What is the theory that explains how new crust is formed along a great crack in Earth's ocean floors?
The creation of oceanic crust at the mid-ocean ridges is part of the all encompassing theory of plate tectonics. The mid-ocean ridge is a volcanic feature caused by the spreading apart of oceanic plates as part of plate tectonics. The sea floor at the ridges are uplifted by rising magma. The rising magma is part of a process of heat transfer from the interior of the Earth to the surface known as a convection current. As the rising magma cools, it forms new crust which becomes part of the ridge.
What happens to the space between plates as some plates move apart?
It forms a hole but new crust is formed.
Which of these does not occur at a convergent boundary?
a-plus new crust forms as plates collide
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
What are plates in science?
An extremely large, moving slab of rock that forms Earth's crust.
