The surface of the Earth is divided into roughly 30 separately distinct units called plates. Each individual plate is separated by a fault, and each plate moves independently of every other plate. The movement, or float, of the lithospheric plates is caused by heat from the Earth's interior, which causes convection currents in the Earth's mantle, a layer of solid but movable plastic-like rock. The movement of Earth's lithospheric plate which 'float' on the mantle is very slow in human terms, roughly the rate of fingernail growth, but over millions of years, the change in plate locations is dramatic.
Tectonic plates are the moving pieces under the Earth's surface that form the Earth's crust. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere and interact with each other through processes like subduction, spreading, and collision, which contribute to the shaping of Earth's surface features.
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Tectonic Plates
earthquakes happen when sections of the earths crust shift.These shifting parts called plates,are actually pieces of the crust floating on the hot molten interior of the earth. The majority of earthquakes happen along the edges of those plates,and along weak areas of the crust called fault zones
Pieces of Earth's crust that are floating on the mantle are known as tectonic plates. These plates are rigid sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other, leading to phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Techtonic plates
Tectonic plates are the moving pieces under the Earth's surface that form the Earth's crust. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere and interact with each other through processes like subduction, spreading, and collision, which contribute to the shaping of Earth's surface features.
The tectonic plates below earths surface shape earths landforms
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.
Tectonic Plates.
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
there are 8 plates
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The continental plates float on asthenosphere, molten rock (lava).
Well, when earths plates move away from each other that's when it happens but move well then NO!
it helps for curling
plate tectonics are moving plates under the earths surface