0
The big main cause is convection currents, circular cycles of hot magma in the earth's mantle. The magma heats up and rises to the surface of the earths crust at a divergent boundary.This creates new land and pushes the plates at the divergent boundary apart. Then, on the other side of the earth, the plates of a convergent boundary collide. Usually, one plate goes under the other, into a subduction zone; the one on top becomes a mountain or something. The plate that went underneath melts under the extreme heat beneath the earth's crust and becomes hot magma. This is the cycle of the land on earth. As mentioned earlier, the divergent boundaries push plates apart, moving them around the globe.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agothey move because of the magma
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
plate tectonics
Why cant the tectonics plates move without affecting another plate?
it is because when like the tectonics move slowly the tectonic is like
What Is the theory that the earths lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere?
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
Where plates tectonics move past each other?
At tectonic plate boundaries, earthquake zones, and the edges of tectonic plates.
What is earthquake in short answer?
when tectonics plates move suddenly/slip and cause a seismic wave
What is the word when plates move?
Plate Tectonics
What is the study of the way move plates?
Plate Tectonics
What two crusts do plate tectonics have?
Plate tectonics deals with the movements of earth's plates. The two types of plates are continental plates, which move at 2 cm a year, and ocean/oceanic plates which move at 10 cm a year.
What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
plate tectonics
What theory that plates move around on the asthenosphere?
It is plate tectonics.
Why cant the tectonics plates move without affecting another plate?
it is because when like the tectonics move slowly the tectonic is like
What Is the theory that the earths lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere?
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
What theory states that plates move around the asthenosphere?
plate tectonics
What theory states plates move around on the asthenosphere?
It is plate tectonics.
The theory that earth is divided into plates that move around is?
plate tectonics
What theory states that plates move around on the athenosphere?
the crust cracks and magma fills in the space
What iis a plate tectonics?
The theory that the lithosphere is broken down into plates that can move.
