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Are tectonic plate under ground or above ground?
Tectonic Plates are the ground. They are large slabs of earth that float on top of the magma.
What is the earths very top of the mantle combined?
The very top of Earth's mantle is known as the lithosphere. It is a rigid layer that consists of both the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust above it. The lithosphere is broken into tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath it.
What are tectonic plates pushed by?
In the mantle, there is a fluid-like layer called the asthenosphere which has convection currents, due to the heat of the inner core. Earth's plates are hypothetically "floating" on the asthenosphere. The currents in this layer push whatever is on top of it, thus the continents move.
What is the ocean of molten rock on which the continents float called?
There is no ocean of molten rock underneath the continents. Tectonic plates, both oceanic and continental, move on top of the ductile asthenosphere.
What layer of earth contains the tectonics plates?
The layer of the earth that allows the tectonic plates to move around above it is the mantle. The mantle is also known as the hot molten magma layer called the asthenosphere.
What is the tectonic plates in earth's crust?
plates of the earth's crust that float on top of the molted mantle layer.
Is asthenosphere a plate boundary?
No. The asthenosphere is a ductile layer of the mantle that tectonic plates float on top of.
What do the tectonic plates float on?
The tectonic plates, part of the lithosphere, move around and float on the top of the asthenosphere.
What do the 7 plates in the lithosphere float on?
The tectonic plates which form Earth's crust move on top of the outer layer of the mantle. This layer of the mantle is known as the asthenosphere.
On what layer do the crustal plates float?
The tectonic plates are floating on top of the molten rock and moving around the planet.
Are tectonic plates part of the asthenosphere or the lithosphere?
Tectonic plates are segments of the lithosphere. They float on top of the asthenosphere.
What is broken into sections called plates which float on top of the crust?
tectonic plates
What layer do tectonic plates sit on?
The Crust of the Earth. (the top layer)
What makes a tectonic plate move what layer makes up this plate?
Tectonic plates are part of the Earth's crust. They move because they float on top of the Earth's mantle, which is a layer of hot liquid rock, and there are currents in the mantle which exert force on the crust.
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)
Are tectonic plate under ground or above ground?
Tectonic Plates are the ground. They are large slabs of earth that float on top of the magma.
What can be found directly under the plates of the earths crust?
The Earth's tectonic plates lay on top of the outer layer of the mantle. This layer is known as the asthenosphere.
