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Tectonic plates float on an underlying molten layer.
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What layer of earth makes up the techtonic plates?
Tectonic Plates float on the semi-molten mantle, and is part of the Earth's crust.
On what layer do the crustal plates float?
The tectonic plates are floating on top of the molten rock and moving around the planet.
The tectonic plates float on what layer of earth?
The earth's tectonic plates are said to "float" on layers of magma, which is molten, or very hot liquid rock deep under the surface of theearth.
What layer of earth forms the continents?
the crust. the layer below that is the layer of molten lava called the mantle. the continental plates move and float on this. this is known as continental drift
According to the theory of plate tectonics on which layer of Earth do plates float?
These plates make up the top layer of the Earth called the lithosphere. Directly under that layer is the asthenosphere. It's a flowing area of molten rock.
What layer of the earth do plate tectonics float on?
The earth's tectonic plates are said to "float" on layers of magma, which is molten, or very hot liquid rock deep under the surface of theearth.
Do the plates that make up the crust float on molten rock of the mantle?
Technically, no. They float on top of the asthenosphere, a layer of the upper mantle which is solid, but plastic in nature due to intense heat and pressure.
Soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats?
As the question uses the word mantle which is a compositional layer of the earth, then the answer is crust.
What is the layer that the earths plates are sliding on?
Tectonic Plates are part of the crust, and floats on the semi-molten rock magma layer.
Tectonics plates float on what semiliquid layer?
The asthenosphere.
What layer do the lithospheric plates float around on?
Asthenosphere
What is partially molten layer on which tectonic plates of the lithosphere move?
crust
