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The Earth's crust is its solid outer layer which varies from zero to about 100 kilometers thick. The crust is broken up into seven or eight major tectonic plates and many minor plates. The plates are moving at rates that vary from zero to 10 cm per year.
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What is the slab of the earths crust that regularly moves away from or collides with other slabs called?
A tectonic plate.
In science what are breaks between plates known as?
they are Continent sized slab of the earths crust and upper mantle.
What layer of earth's crust is made of granite?
The upper crust of earth has two layer the upper one is made up of granite. This is called a slab of lithosphere.
A slab of continental or oceanic crust is known as?
A tectonic plate.
Which theory of plate movement relies on the weight of the subducting crust?
Slab-pull
What is the slab of the earths crust that regularly moves away from or collides with other slabs called?
A tectonic plate.
In science what are breaks between plates known as?
they are Continent sized slab of the earths crust and upper mantle.
What are plates in science?
An extremely large, moving slab of rock that forms Earth's crust.
What layer of earth's crust is made of granite?
The upper crust of earth has two layer the upper one is made up of granite. This is called a slab of lithosphere.
A slab of continental or oceanic crust is known as?
A tectonic plate.
A tectonic plate is a slab of earth's?
crust? what is it that you are asking exactly?
What is clay slab?
a clay slab is a slab made of clay
What happens to crust at subduction zone?
Rock around a subducting slab is heated to extreme temperatures as a result of sliding friction. Much of the rock eventually melts and enters the convection currents in the mantle.
Which theory of plate movement relies on the weight of the subducting crust?
Slab-pull
Which theory of plate movement relies on weight of the subducting crust?
Slab-pull
Rocks and minerals form in response to earth's what?
Internal and external processes
What is a slab of rock when magma squeezes between layers of rock?
sill
