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the crust contains the tectonic plates!!
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What is the mechanical of earth that contains the tectonic plates?
Lithosphere (apex)
Which region of the earth is soft and putty-like and allows for the movement of tectonic plates?
asthenosphe
What region of the earth is soft and putty like and allows for the movement of tectonic plates?
asthenosphere
Which earth mechanical layers contains the seven major plates?
The lithosphere (a combination of the crust and the uppermost brittle layer of the mantle) is divided into tectonic plates, including the seven major tectonic plates.
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What earth layer contains the tectonic plates?
the crust
Which region of the earth allows for the movement of tectonic plates?
ASTHENOSPHERE
What is the mechanical of earth that contains the tectonic plates?
Lithosphere (apex)
Which layer of the earth contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates?
The upper mantle contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates.
Which of earthes mechanical layers contains the seven major plates?
The Lithosphere is a mechanical layer on Earth that contains seven major plates.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What is the most geologically active region on earth's surface?
boundaries between tectonic plates
Which region of the earth is soft and putty-like and allows for the movement of tectonic plates?
asthenosphe
What region of the earth is soft and putty like and allows for the movement of tectonic plates?
asthenosphere
What is the mechanics layer of earth that contains tectonic plates?
Lithosphere (apex)
Which earth mechanical layers contains the seven major plates?
The lithosphere (a combination of the crust and the uppermost brittle layer of the mantle) is divided into tectonic plates, including the seven major tectonic plates.
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
