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Does earth's crust always move?
Yes. Earth's crust is divided into individual plates that DO move, though very, very, very, slowly. Only about 2-4 centimeters a year.
Is the upper layer of earth is broken into more than a dozen continents that move very slowly in various directions?
no it is tectonic plates
What does plate boundary mean?
Earth's crust is broken up into segments called tectonic plates, which move very slowly. A plate boundary is where two of these plates meet. There are three basic types: convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates pull apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other.
Does earth's plates move only a few meters per year or centimeters per year?
Tectonic plates are actually constantly moving, albeit very slowly. On an average the plates move only two and a half inches per year.
Why have you likely never felt Earth's plates moving?
Because they are moving very slowly.
Why are snails used to illutrate the earths plates?
Both move very slowly.
What drives the process of plate teconics?
Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates of the Earth to move slowly. Mantle convection is when heat moves from the mantle to the surface and causes the mantle, and the tectonic plates to move very slowly.
How can magma cause the plates that carry the continents to move apart?
magma is very hot so as it boils it moves the plates of the earth causing the continents to slowly move apart
How quickly do Earth's lithospheric plates move?
Very slowly on the order of tens of millimetres per year. For example the Mid Atlantic Ridge is spreading at around 25 mm/yr where as spreading centres in the Pacific tend to be faster with rates up to around 100 mm/yr.
Do scientist think the earth surface is broken into huge plates that fit together but move slowly?
Yes. They think the earth's crust (where we are right now), is broken into huge plates (the continents) that fit together, but move very slowly. Thank you for asking.
Why the earth always looked the same?
It actuly doesn`t always look the same. At once Africa and Amercias were connected. But there are plates in the earth. As a resault the plates move very slowly with magma under them. If two plates colide it causes a earthquake. As the plates move the land moves. Currently we are moving very slowly now but we cna`t feel it. hoped this helped!~ amythefairy
Earth's plates move very slowly across earth's surface on a thin layer of partly melted?
Mantle
Does earth's crust always move?
Yes. Earth's crust is divided into individual plates that DO move, though very, very, very, slowly. Only about 2-4 centimeters a year.
If the tectonic plates move very slowly at 2 cm each year how far will they move in 1000 years?
2,000 centimeters or 20 meters.
What three evidence from the sea floor shows that tectonic plates move?
This seems kind of weird but if you look closely you can see them move very very slowly and the sand moving.
How is the lithospheric different from the layer beneath it?
The layer beneath the lithosphere is much softer and flows very slowly.
Is the upper layer of earth is broken into more than a dozen continents that move very slowly in various directions?
no it is tectonic plates
