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How is heat transfer in the earths mantle related to the movement of the earths crust?
The heat transfer is moved to the crust. The earth's crust moves to the inner core
What is the slab of the earths crust that regularly moves away from or collides with other slabs called?
A tectonic plate.
What is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust?
Together the crust and upper mantle are called the lithosphere and they extend about 80 km deep. The lithosphere is broken into giant plates that fit around the globe like puzzle pieces.
What is the section of the lithosphere which is always moving?
The lithosphere, which is composed of the crust and upper mantle, floats and moves on top of the ductile asthenosphere.
What is a large crust layer that moves as one unit?
Technically, it's crust with an attached layer of brittle upper mantle, together known as the lithosphere; they're called lithospheric or tectonic plates.
What section of earths crust moves when an earthquake occurs?
all of it it is the lower part of it
What happens when the earths crust moves?
erosion
How is heat transfer in the earths mantle related to the movement of the earths crust?
The heat transfer is moved to the crust. The earth's crust moves to the inner core
What does the earths crust consist of that moves?
Those would be tectonic plates.
What pulls the earths crust?
The earths crust is moved rather than pulled by things called convection currents. This is when heated rock from the earths core rises up and reaches the crust where it cools. It then sinks down again and carries on in a circle which moves the crust
What is compression in plate tectonics?
it is the movement of the earths crust. it moves inwards towards other plates so the earths crust moves upwards therefore forming mountains, volcanoes etc
What is the slab of the earths crust that regularly moves away from or collides with other slabs called?
A tectonic plate.
What happens if the earths crust moves suddley along a fault?
The sudden movement could result in an earthquake.
What moves mountains and earthquakes together?
earthquakes make the earths crust collide and sometimes they smash together,such as if one peice of crust goes under the other...makng a point...
What is a volcano fault?
Faults are made up of fractures in the earths crust. One side of the fault moves opposite of the other side.
What makes up a typical plate that moves across earths surface?
a section of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
What makes up a typical plate that moves across the earths surface?
a section of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
