convection currents and heat transfer
Tectonic plates move due to a process called plate tectonics. It is driven by the movement of molten rock in the Earth's mantle, which causes the plates to slowly drift and collide with each other. This movement is caused by convection currents in the mantle, creating a continuous cycle of plate motion.
Unequal distribution of heat within Earthcause tectonic plates to move.
Lithospheric plates are regions of Earth's crust and upper mantle that are fractured into plates that move across a deeper plasticine mantle. Hopefully this will help :)
The asthenoshere acts like jello and allows the lithosphere, containing the plate, to move. Tectonic plates could not move without the asthenoshere.
yes the plates can move slowly
Tectonic plates move due to a process called plate tectonics. It is driven by the movement of molten rock in the Earth's mantle, which causes the plates to slowly drift and collide with each other. This movement is caused by convection currents in the mantle, creating a continuous cycle of plate motion.
Unequal distribution of heat within Earthcause tectonic plates to move.
convection currents
The lithosphere.
the hot magma moves around and they move.
Its more ov a movement really not a process. Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the mantle.
Lithospheric plates are regions of Earth's crust and upper mantle that are fractured into plates that move across a deeper plasticine mantle. Hopefully this will help :)
because of deep current
The Earths internal heat.
The asthenoshere acts like jello and allows the lithosphere, containing the plate, to move. Tectonic plates could not move without the asthenoshere.
The process of 'earth plates moving' is Alfred Wageners theory of continental drift. This theory proposes that convenction currents in the earths mantle provides a 'cushion' on which the plates can move.
The asthenoshere acts like jello and allows the lithosphere, containing the plate, to move. Tectonic plates could not move without the asthenoshere.