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The plates are actively spreading submarine ridges in the middle of the oceans, subduction zones in ocean trenches or mountain ranges on the continents, or margins where the plates slide past one another. Most of the world's earthquakes occur at plate boundaries.
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What layer are the plates sliding on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
How many plates is the earth's crust divided to?
8 main ones
Plates and continents are made mostly of?
rock
What state was the first to require automobile license plates?
New York
What is a kind of force that gets exerted as tectonic plates push against each other?
Friction
What can be found directly under the plates of the earths crust?
The Earth's tectonic plates lay on top of the outer layer of the mantle. This layer is known as the asthenosphere.
Which layer are the plates in?
the plates are apart of the crust,the upper layer of the earth
What layer of the earth has plates?
The lithosphere has plates.
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
What layer of the earth makes up theses plates?
tectonic plates
Which layer of the earth is broken into seprate sections called plates?
This layer is the crust, which is the outermost layer of the earth's surface.
Which of earthes mechanical layers contains the seven major plates?
The Lithosphere is a mechanical layer on Earth that contains seven major plates.
What layer of the earth makes the plates?
The Lithosphere.
What layer do tectonic plates sit on?
The Crust of the Earth. (the top layer)
Which layer of the earth do the plates ride on?
The layer of the mantle that supports the plates is the aestenosphere. The plates and fluid upper mantle are referred to collectively as the lithosphere.
What plastic like layer has tectonic plates ride on it?
The middle layer of earth that is MANTLE. It has the tectonic plates floating on it.
What is the tectonic plates in earth's crust?
plates of the earth's crust that float on top of the molted mantle layer.
