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What layer of earth makes up the techtonic plates?
Tectonic Plates float on the semi-molten mantle, and is part of the Earth's crust.
How was mt aso formed?
2 techtonic plates
What is left when Titanic plates move?
theirs no such thing as "titanic plates" only techtonic
What does plate tectonics mean?
It's a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
What is the plates under the ocean?
Techtonic plates move under the earth moving land and water.
What happens as earths mantle drags on the bottom of techtonic plates?
The plates move
What do techtonic plates move on?
the plates move on a mantle thats like tothpast the core is the only compleat liqwid
Why do plates sink to the mantle?
The Earth's plates sink into the mantle because of one plate pushing another down, causing a subduction zone.
What layer of earth makes up the techtonic plates?
Tectonic Plates float on the semi-molten mantle, and is part of the Earth's crust.
What causes some oceanic plates to sink and others to float?
All oceanic plates float on top of the mantle, and sink into the mantle underneath a less dense plate in plate collision zones.
What plates are in earths structure?
Techtonic plates
What are the techtonic plates made of?
the techtonic plates are made of various types of rock. mostly Granite/ igneous rock.
What does moving of techtonic plates cause?
the moving of techtonic plates causes mountains and underneath the ocean they make trenches ect.
What layer moves underneath the techtonic plates?
The aesthenosphere, which is located in the top part of the Earth's mantle is the layer lying underneath the tectonic plates. Collective movement in these plates cause a gradual rise in the aesthenosphere, thereby resulting to land elevation.
When plates collide with continental plates does the denser ocean plate sink?
Yes, it "dives" under the continental crust and back into the mantle.
How does a earthquakes place affect tsunamis?
when the techtonic plates move, they can make an earthquake, that then may trigger techtonic plates to move and begin waves that become a tsunami
What are earths techtonic plates made of?
massive rocks
