away from each other
Lower mantle is the surface on which the lithospheric plates move around earths surface.
dirt and rigid rocks
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.
No, the asthenosphere is not part of the Earth's crust. It is a layer within the upper mantle, located below the lithosphere. The asthenosphere is a semi-fluid region that allows the lithospheric plates to move.
Heat transfer in the Earth's mantle drives the movement of the Earth's crust through the process of convection. As mantle material heats up, it becomes less dense and rises, causing the overlying crust to move. At the same time, cooler mantle material sinks back down, completing the cycle of heat transfer and driving the continuous motion of tectonic plates.
Simple- Convection in the mantle causes mantle to slowly move, and it pushes against the crust. As it does this, the tectonic plates move.
crust mantle core
They move because the plates in Earths mantle shift and cause the island to move slightly. As the plates move around they cause changes in Earths landforms. The more pressure is on the plates the more they move around. Because of Japans tsunami and earthquakes, the plates were moved around to Hawaii and possibly could have caused an island to move. If you wander what plates are well they are rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle rock.
Lower mantle is the surface on which the lithospheric plates move around earths surface.
Tectonic plates.
Convection in the earth's mantle.
The crustal plates (made mostly of low density granitic rock) float on the mantle (made mostly of high density basaltic rock). Convection cells in the mantle move the floating crustal plates around.
dirt and rigid rocks
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.
The earths crust
The tectonic plates.
Plate tectonics.