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because they are floating on top of a liquid mantle
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Do lithospheric plates move quickly or slowly?
The plates move slowly. Three centimeters a year.
What causes continental plates to move?
the continental plates are caused when silicon,silica and dioxid combined together making the plates split and then it causes the plates to move.
What causes oceanic and continental plates to move?
What causes the oceanic and continental plates to move is the mantle, which is the layer right beneath the crust. The mantle is not totally solid, so it moves, but very slowly that we can't even recognize the move.FUN FACT: Each year north america and europe are apart from each other for another 2 inches.Hope I was helpful. :)
What is the process in which continents move slowly across earths surface?
Continental Drift
What causes the continents and the earth's major plates to move?
continental drift
Do continental plates move constantly?
Yes, they move slowly but constantly. Faster during earthquakes.
Do lithospheric plates move quickly or slowly?
The plates move slowly. Three centimeters a year.
Does the tectonic plates move about?
yes the plates can move slowly
What causes continental plates to move?
the continental plates are caused when silicon,silica and dioxid combined together making the plates split and then it causes the plates to move.
Why do oceanic plates move under continental plates when the two collide?
Oceanic plates move under continental plates when they converge together because the oceanic plate is more denser than the continental plate.
Do the continental plates remain in one place?
No, both the continental and oceanic plates are always moving. Moving slowly, but always moving.
What caused continental drift?
volcanos, mountains
What is it called when two lithospheric plates move apart?
Continental Plates
What are tectonicsplates?
Tectonic plates.Tectonic plates are plates underneath Earth's surface that move very slowly. There are oceanic and continental plates. Of course, oceanic plates are plates under the ocean, and continental plates are plates underneath ground, or continents. Each of the plates carry the things above them, land or ocean. When two continental or oceanic plates collide, it causes a fold in Earth's surface, and an earthquake. Now, when a continental plate draws near and nearly collides with an oceanic plate, something called subduction occurs. Subduction is basically when the oceanic plate dips down below the continental plate, causing a trench.
What is a exsample of drift?
Drift is a word that generally means to move slowly away from the origin... It has many uses, such as continental drift wherein the continental plates move relative to one another through various geological processes such as convection, subduction, and diversion.
When two continental plates move apart?
earthquake!!!!!!
What happens in a continental plate?
the plates move apart
