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What layer do tectonic plates sit on?
The Crust of the Earth. (the top layer)
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
I am part of lithosphere but you move around on top of the asthenosphere?
The answer is Tectonic Plates
Do tectonic plates 'float' on the surface of the mantle?
The tectonic plates (the lithosphere) are made of the crust and upper brittle part of the mantle. They 'float' on the hotter and softer mantle below, which is still a solid, but can flow like plasticine (the asthenosphere)
What are tectonic plantes?
Tectonic plates are plates that float on the earths mantle. There are 8 major tectonic plates on the earth and at the joints of these many earthquakes seem to occur.
What tectonic plate caused Christchurch's earthquakes?
there tectonic plates under the water. so when the tectonic plates are moved or hit each other means there will be an earthquake.
How did the christchurch earthquake happened in 2011?
it happened from the tectonic plates rubbing together
How did the 2011 christchurch earthquake happen?
it happened from the tectonic plates rubbing together
What tectonic plates caused the christchurch eartquake?
the pacific plate and the indo- austrailian plate
What layer do tectonic plates sit on?
The Crust of the Earth. (the top layer)
Which layers does Earth's tectonic plates sit atop and slide along?
Asthenosphere
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.
Why are there more earthquakes in christchurch than new zealand?
Cause it lies on top of two techtonic plates that rub together causing earthquakes
Are tectonic plates large and small slabs of rocks?
Tectonic plates are very large (their highest points form the continents) and constitute the hard crust of the planet. They sit afloat the mantle - molten material called magma - and they are formed from- and return to- magma as parts of the plates are cooled or heated.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
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.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
