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Tectonic Plates
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What is the name of the Earth layer above which tectonic plates move? How hot is this layer beneath
the plates?
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How convection currents in the earth's mantle move?
They move because of the heat from the outer core and the mantle.
The layer on which the tectonic plates move is called the what?
It is called the asthenosphere, the layer of hot, ductile rock directly below the lithosphere.
What is it called when earths plates move together?
Tectonic convergence, or something like that.
What is the theory that explains how large pieces of Earths outermost layer move around?
It's called 'plate tectonics' - and explains that the Earth's crust is composed of large pieces (or plates) that 'glide' over the molten mantle beneath.
What are the large pieces of earths crust that move over the asthenosphere called?
the tectonic plates lol
What layer of earth is made up of plates that move?
The earths crust
How convection currents in the earth's mantle move?
They move because of the heat from the outer core and the mantle.
Why don't secondary waves move through the outer core?
Because it has been proven that the outer layer is made of liquid and secondary waves do not move through liquid ^~^
How does water move through and on top of earths rock and soil layer?
Through condensation and evaporation.
What is the theory the explains how large pieces of earths outermost layer. Move and change shape?
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What is the theory that explains how large pieces of earths outermost layer move and change shape?
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What changes occur in the composition of the earths interior layer as you move towards the core?
the material is hotter & denser
When tectonic plates move and slip what are they called in earths crush?
They are called earthquakes.
What is the theory that states that earths crust and upper mantle move around on a speacial layer of the mantle?
Plate tectonics.
What do the 7 plates in the lithosphere float on?
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.
The layer on which the tectonic plates move is called the what?
It is called the asthenosphere, the layer of hot, ductile rock directly below the lithosphere.
What causes the outer layer of the earth to move?
The outer layer of the earth's surface is made of plates. These plates are pushed by new land that is formed at rifts in the middle of the ocean where the surface is very thin. Lava squeezes up and out to the side from these rifts.
