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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
What best describes what earths plates are made up of?
Earth's plates are made up of the rigid outer layer of the Earth's surface, known as the lithosphere. The lithosphere is composed of the Earth's crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere layer beneath them, which allows for the movement of tectonic plates.
Which of earths mechanical layer contains the seven mayor plates?
The Earth's mechanical layer that contains the seven major plates is the lithosphere. This layer is divided into various tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them. The movement of these plates is responsible for phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic activity.
The part of earths outer layer that move are called?
The part of Earth's outer layer that moves are called tectonic plates. These plates float on the semi-fluid layer of the mantle and interact with each other at plate boundaries, causing geological events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
What do you call the layer of bedrock near earth's surface that forms a continuous shell around earth?
The layer of bedrock near Earth's surface that forms a continuous shell around the Earth is called the lithosphere. This layer includes the crust and upper part of the mantle and is divided into tectonic plates that move and interact with each other.
What layer of the earth makes up earths plates?
The lithosphere.
What layer of earth is made up of plates that move?
The earths crust
What layer of the earth make up these plates?
"plates" are the term for the giant sheets of rock on the earths crust
What can be found directly under the plates of the earths crust?
The Earth's tectonic plates lay on top of the outer layer of the mantle. This layer is known as the asthenosphere.
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
What part of the earth is broken into large plates?
The litoshphere is the part of the earth broken into large plates also known as the crust the lithoshpere is the thinnest layer of all earths layers it
What best describes what earths plates are made up of?
Earth's plates are made up of the rigid outer layer of the Earth's surface, known as the lithosphere. The lithosphere is composed of the Earth's crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere layer beneath them, which allows for the movement of tectonic plates.
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.
Which of earths mechanical layer contains the seven mayor plates?
The Earth's mechanical layer that contains the seven major plates is the lithosphere. This layer is divided into various tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them. The movement of these plates is responsible for phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic activity.
The part of earths outer layer that move are called?
The part of Earth's outer layer that moves are called tectonic plates. These plates float on the semi-fluid layer of the mantle and interact with each other at plate boundaries, causing geological events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
What is the force that probably propels the movement of the earths rock plates?
The earth is made up of multiple tectonic plates. These plates are propelled by convection in the mantle layer below the crust (lithosphere)
