How do tectonic plates move where convection currents are rising?
Large scale convection currents in the upper mantle are transmitted through the asthenosphere; motion is driven by friction between the asthenosphere and the lithosphere. ChaCha!
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How have tectonic plates influenced Mexico's geographic feautures?
Tectonic plates have influenced Mexico's graphic features bec...
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How fast do tectonic plates move?
Plates move from a fraction of an inch (a few millimeters) to...
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Which tectonic plate is primarily comprised of seafloor crust?
Oceanic crust is primarily formed by divergent boundaries, wh...
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Which tectonic plate is not moving?
All of the known tectonic plates move on an annual basis. The...
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Divergent plate boundaries
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How do magnetic bands provide evidence that tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-oceanic ridges?
When rock cools, it holds a magnetic field. Since the Earth's...
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How is the gap filled when to tectonic plates move away from each other?
When tectonic plates move away from each other, the gap is fi...
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How have tectonic plates influenced Mexico's geographic feautures?
Tectonic plates have influenced Mexico's graphic features bec...
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Which tectonic plate is primarily comprised of seafloor crust?
Oceanic crust is primarily formed by divergent boundaries, wh...
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How fast do tectonic plates move?
Plates move from a fraction of an inch (a few millimeters) to...
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How have tectonic plates influenced Mexico's geographic feautures?
Tectonic plates have influenced Mexico's graphic features bec...
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Which tectonic plate is primarily comprised of seafloor crust?
Oceanic crust is primarily formed by divergent boundaries, wh...
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What kind of tectonic plate boundary formed Japan?
The Aleutian Islands (west of Alaska), the Kurile-Kamchatka A...
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What do Tectonic plates make up in the Earth?
Tectonic plates make up the earth's crust, or lithosphere. Th...
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What are the forces that move tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates are able to move because of the relative dens...
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What causes tectonic plate movement?
Although plate tectonics has explained most of the surface fe...
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What are 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries?
The 3 primary types of Tectonic Plate boundaries are Divergen...
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What is the movement of Tectonic plates inferred by many scientists to be driven by?
Some assume that mantle convection is the main driving force;...
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What is it called when to tectonic plates collide?
Converging plates describe the motion of two plates into each...
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What tectonic plate is you.s on?
The United States is on the North American Plate! There are s...
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What are the plates in plate tectonics?
The plates in plate tectonics are comprised of the lithospher...
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What is it called when to tectonic plates collide?
Converging plates describe the motion of two plates into each...
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What energy source causes tectonic plate shifting?
Tectonism results from gravity and heat from radioactive deca...
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How do magnetic bands provide evidence that tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-oceanic ridges?
When rock cools, it holds a magnetic field. Since the Earth's...
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Where are the plates in plate tectonics?
Plate tectonics: Earth's rigid lithosphere is broken into mos...
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What are 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries?
The 3 primary types of Tectonic Plate boundaries are Divergen...
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What is it called when to tectonic plates collide?
Converging plates describe the motion of two plates into each...
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Which tectonic plate is the USA?
The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of...
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How many tectonic plates does the earth have?
There are ten major plates on the earth and many more minor o...
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What is the convergent boundaries tectonic plates?
In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a de...
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