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What moves Earth's tetonic plates?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

the upper mantle

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Do Earths Tetonic plates move apart?

Yes they do.


Do earthquakes cause sliding plates?

If you mean tetonic plates, then no, sliding tetonic plates cause earthquakes.


Causes for earthquake?

tetonic plates in a transform boundary


What caused the Chile and Haiti earthquakes?

tetonic plates


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.


How can sea mounts help us understand the movement of tectonic plates?

The sea mounts help us understand the movement of tetonic plates because when the tetonic plates move's the earth's crust making little formations of sand underwater.


A moving slab of rock is called a?

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What type of geologic actions do you think happen at the boundaries of tetonic plates?

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What makes up tetonic plates?

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Why did the earthquake in los angeles happen?

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