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The primary motions that help move tectonic plates are convection currents in the Earth's mantle, slab pull, and ridge push. Convection currents occur when hot mantle material rises and cooler material sinks, creating a cycle that drives plate movement. Slab pull occurs when a denser oceanic plate sinks into the mantle at a subduction zone, pulling the rest of the plate along with it. Ridge push happens at mid-ocean ridges, where new material pushes older material away as it cools and solidifies.
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How are plates motions connected with motions within the rest of the earths mantle?
convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
The lithosphere is broken into pieces called what?
what causes the earths tectonic plates to move
What allows plates of the lithosphere to move?
Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that explains how the Earth's plates move. The movement is driven by the heat from the Earth's interior, causing convection currents in the mantle that drag the plates along. This movement is responsible for the formation of features like earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain ranges.
What are the plates move around the earth?
tectonic plates
Do continental plates move faster than oceanic plates?
No, oceanic plates move faster than continental plates. This is due to the density of the oceanic plates (basalt is denser). For example, the fastest moving plates are the Pacific plate, Cocos plate, and Nazca plate. All oceanic.
How does the motions in the asthenosphere can move tectonic plates?
The asthenosphere lies beneath the lithosphere, which is where the tectonic plates lie. Because of the high temperature, the asthenosphere has the property to flow (plasticity); the tectonic plates "float" on this flow.
What is plate motions?
Motion of plates
How are plates motions connected with motions within the rest of the earths mantle?
convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
The lithosphere is broken into pieces called what?
what causes the earths tectonic plates to move
How are the plate motions connected with motions within the rest of earth mantle?
Plate motions are driven by convection currents in the Earth's mantle. Heat generated from the core causes mantle material to rise, move laterally, and then sink back down in a cycle. The moving mantle material drags the tectonic plates along with it, influencing their motions and interactions at the surface.
What process within earth's asthenosphere is responsible for plate motions?
The process responsible for plate motions within the Earth's asthenosphere is mantle convection. This is where heat from the Earth's core drives the movement of the asthenosphere, causing the tectonic plates to move across the surface of the Earth.
What is the meaning of movement?
to move your body in motions
How does convection in the earths mantle help shape the geosphere?
It will move the earth's plates so there :)
What is the motions of particles when it is boiling?
particles move randomely
How can sea mounts help us understand the movement of tectonic plates?
The sea mounts help us understand the movement of tetonic plates because when the tetonic plates move's the earth's crust making little formations of sand underwater.
What do plates move apart on?
Plates move apart on divergent plate boundaries.
Do all the tectonic plates move at the same rate?
No, tectonic plates move at different rates. Some plates move faster than others, while some plates move very slowly. The movement of the plates is driven by the underlying convection currents in the Earth's mantle.
