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Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
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How many tectonic plates are made of only oceanic crust?
how many tectonic plates are made of oceanic crust
What is the earths crust made of?
The crust of the Earth is made of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock.
Is the crust made out of tectonic plates?
Yes, it is made of tectonic plates and those plates have names e.g. Indo Australian plate, Eurasion plate
A rift valley can form where two continental plates are?
At diverging continental plate boundaries. Where tectonic plates made up of continental crust move away from each other, causing a depression it the earths crust.
Is the earths crust made of one piece?
The crust is not one single piece. It is broken up into different plates of different sizes and shapes. This is what allows them to move and thus plate tectonics occurs.
How many tectonic plates are made of only oceanic crust?
how many tectonic plates are made of oceanic crust
What is the earths crust made of?
The crust of the Earth is made of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock.
What is the force that probably propels the movement of the earths rock plates?
The earth is made up of multiple tectonic plates. These plates are propelled by convection in the mantle layer below the crust (lithosphere)
Is the crust made of tectonic plates?
Yes, it is made of tectonic plates and those plates have names e.g. Indo Australian plate, Eurasion plate
Is the crust made out of tectonic plates?
Yes, it is made of tectonic plates and those plates have names e.g. Indo Australian plate, Eurasion plate
What is a part of the earth's crust?
The earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates.
What is the Earth's crust a part of?
The earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates.
A rift valley can form where two continental plates are?
At diverging continental plate boundaries. Where tectonic plates made up of continental crust move away from each other, causing a depression it the earths crust.
Is the earths crust made of one piece?
The crust is not one single piece. It is broken up into different plates of different sizes and shapes. This is what allows them to move and thus plate tectonics occurs.
Are plates made of Earth's crust and asthenosphere?
Tectonic plates are formed from the lithosphere which is the solid brittle portion of the upper mantle and the crust so tectonic plates are part of both the crust and the upper brittle mantle.
How does convection currenctions work inside the earth?
Convection currents happen in the mantle and cause tectonic plates to drift. The earth is made up of the iron and nickel core, then the mantle then the crust. And the earths surface is made up of tectonic plates. These plates move due to convection currents.
How does the earth's plates move on top of the crust?
The Earth's tectonic plates do not move on top of the crust, they are the crust. The crust is made out of plates. The plates float on top of the mantle, which is made of molten rock, called magma. The plates move because of currents in the magma.
