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All of Earth's plates move because of convection in the asthenosphere, and slab push and pull in the lithosphere. Slab pull causes the lithosphere to slide beneath another plate into the asthenosphere, while slab push helps the slab move away from the ridge toward the slab pull.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoContinents are basically floating. Relate this to a floating ball in water; the ball drifts as do the continents.
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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 the continents and the earth's major plates to move?
continental drift
Continental plates move on the plastic-like layer of Earth's mantle?
Asthenosphere
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.
What two crusts do plate tectonics have?
Plate tectonics deals with the movements of earth's plates. The two types of plates are continental plates, which move at 2 cm a year, and ocean/oceanic plates which move at 10 cm 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.
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.
What is it called when two lithospheric plates move apart?
Continental Plates
When two continental plates move apart?
earthquake!!!!!!
What happens in a continental plate?
the plates move apart
Do continental plates move faster than oceanic plates?
No, oceanic plates move faster than continental plates. This is due to the density of the oceanic plates (basalt is denser). For example, the fastest moving plates are the Pacific plate, Cocos plate, and Nazca plate. All oceanic.
What causes the continents and the earth's major plates to move?
continental drift
What causes the Continental and oceani plates to move?
The tectonic plates move because of the great amount of liquid rock, or magma that they 'float' on and get pushed by.
Do continental plates move constantly?
Yes, they move slowly but constantly. Faster during earthquakes.
Continental plates move on the plastic-like layer of Earth's mantle?
Asthenosphere
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
Plates that move away from each other are called?
Tectonic plates- it relates to Alfred Wagener's theory of continental drift
