The Earth's tectonic plates do not move on top of the crust, they are the crust. The crust is made out of plates. The plates float on top of the mantle, which is made of molten rock, called magma. The plates move because of currents in the magma.
Plates beneath the Earth's crust are located in the upper part of the mantle, known as the lithosphere. These plates are constantly moving and interacting with each other, causing geological phenomena like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building.
The shifting of the Earths Techtonic Plates is what causes earthquakes. The earths crust is floating on top of a layer of magma. When two of earths techtonic plates shift and rub up against eachother, they get caught, because they are rigid, not smooth. When they finally get uncaught, they move very fast and that is what causes the shaking, as does the rubbing up against eachother.
Yes, tectonic plates move on the lithosphere. The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth that is made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle. Tectonic plates float and move on the semi-fluid asthenosphere layer beneath the lithosphere.
This combined layer is called the lithosphere, which includes the crust and the uppermost solid portion of the mantle. It varies in thickness beneath the oceans and continents, with the oceanic lithosphere being thinner and denser than the continental lithosphere. The lithosphere is divided into large plates that move and interact with each other, causing geological phenomena like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
New Earth's crust is added at divergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates move away from each other. At these boundaries, molten rock rises from the mantle and solidifies, creating new crust. A prime example of this is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
they move in all sorts of ways like the bottom and the top lol :}
No the tectonic plates are on top of the crust.
The plates float on top of a liquid rock just below the earth's crust. :) $m!/ey G!r/
The Earth's tectonic plates lay on top of the outer layer of the mantle. This layer is known as the asthenosphere.
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
Yes, the crust is the top layer. It continually changes.
It is called the crust.
plates of the earth's crust that float on top of the molted mantle layer.
The idea that the earth's crust is broken into plates that move on top of the mantle is known as the theory of plate tectonics.Magma is the name given to molten rock below the Earth's surface.
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.
Convection currents move the magma around in circles up and down as it gets cooled and heated. And the plates move on top of them.
Tectonic plates are located within the Earth's lithosphere, which is the outermost layer of the Earth. These plates float on top of the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them. The movement of these plates is responsible for various geological phenomena like earthquakes, volcanic activity, and mountain building.