The convection currents in the earth's mantel move the plates.
For more information you can go to these websites:
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/interior/how_plates_move.html
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/plate-tectonics-article/
Lithospheric plates.
The lithosphere is the layer that moves with the tectonic plates. The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle, and it is broken into tectonic plates that move and interact with each other.
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.
The process of 'earth plates moving' is Alfred Wageners theory of continental drift. This theory proposes that convenction currents in the earths mantle provides a 'cushion' on which the plates can move.
mesosphere
the tectonic plates under the earths surface
Those would be tectonic plates.
it is when 2 of the earths plates move side by side. 1 usally moves faster than the other
Twenty five meters.
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
cracks in the plates which make up the crust. the earths crust is not connected. its made up of plates that moves and they are formed by plates pushing together then collapsing. they erupt when it gets a lot of friction from the plates pushing together
Techtonic plates
The tectonic plates below earths surface shape earths landforms
Tectonic Plates.
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
there are 8 plates
20.