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The Crust of the Earth. (the top layer)
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Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
The part of earths outer layer that move are called?
Tectonic Platesplates
What is broken into tectonic plates?
The Earths upper layer which consists of the Crust and Upper Mantle makes up the Tectonic Plates. This layer is called the Lithosphere.
What is each layer of earth composed of?
Tectonic Plates
What is each layer of the Earth composed of?
Tectonic Plates
What layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates and what layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
The tectonic plates are located in a layer that is?
The layer that the tectonic plates are located is the Upper Mantle and it is liquid.
What plastic like layer has tectonic plates ride on it?
The middle layer of earth that is MANTLE. It has the tectonic plates floating on it.
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
The part of earths outer layer that move are called?
Tectonic Platesplates
Which layer of the earth contains the tectonic plates?
The plates are part of the crust, the upper layer of the Earth. The plates are moved by currents in the upper mantle. The plates and flexible upper mantle are referred to collectively as the lithosphere and sit atop the mantle layer called the aesthenosphere.
What layer contains the tectonic plates?
the crust
What plates float on a underlying molten layer?
Tectonic plates float on an underlying molten layer.
What is broken into tectonic plates?
The Earths upper layer which consists of the Crust and Upper Mantle makes up the Tectonic Plates. This layer is called the Lithosphere.
What are plates that are part of the earths outer layer called?
Tectonic Plates.
What layer are the plates on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
What layer of the earth makes up theses plates?
tectonic plates
