Tectonic plates float on the asthenosphere, which is a semi-fluid layer of the Earth's mantle. This allows the plates to move and interact with each other, causing geological phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Tectonic plates float on the asthenosphere, which is a semi-liquid layer of the Earth's upper mantle. The movement of these plates is driven by convection currents in the asthenosphere.
The plates of the lithosphere float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere, which is the upper part of the mantle. This movement of the plates is known as plate tectonics and is responsible for the shifting and reshaping of the Earth's surface. The heat and pressure in the mantle cause the plates to move in a process called mantle convection.
The Earth's outer layer, or lithosphere, is broken into sections called tectonic plates. These plates float on top of the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them and interact with each other at plate boundaries, causing movements such as earthquakes and volcanic activity.
They are floating on the outer core
the plates float on top of the upper mantle
There called tectonic plates, and they do not float on anything.
There called tectonic plates, and they do not float on anything.
The tectonic plates float on the lithosphere. This overlies the asthenosphere.
There called tectonic plates, and they do not float on anything.
Tectonic plates float on the mantle because they are less dense
Tectonic plates float on the mantle because they are less dense
plates actually float on earth's mantle
The tectonic plates, part of the lithosphere, move around and float on the top of the asthenosphere.
Tectonic plates float on an underlying molten layer.
They don't. Tectonic plates float on the asthenosphere, as they are a bit less dense.
The crustal plates (both continental and oceanic) float on the denser mantle.