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The asthenosphere.
The continents are embedded in the top side of crustal plates which float on the surface of the mantle. Convection currents in the mantle carry the plates around and the embedded continents travel along.
mantle.
convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
the Lithosphere or Lithospheric Plates
They'd stop moving.
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
The lithospheric plates move around on the asthenosphere, which is a partially molten layer of the Earth's upper mantle. This semi-fluid layer allows the plates to slide and interact with each other.
As Earth's mantle drags on the bottom of tectonic plates, it creates stress and friction that can cause the plates to move. This movement can result in various tectonic activities such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the formation of mountain ranges as the plates interact with each other.
plates actually float on earth's mantle
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
Tectonic Plates float on top of the earths mantle, the earths mantle is made up liquid which is always circulating.
Moving plates in the earths mantle.
The asthenosphere.
They move because the plates in Earths mantle shift and cause the island to move slightly. As the plates move around they cause changes in Earths landforms. The more pressure is on the plates the more they move around. Because of Japans tsunami and earthquakes, the plates were moved around to Hawaii and possibly could have caused an island to move. If you wander what plates are well they are rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle rock.
The continents are embedded in the top side of crustal plates which float on the surface of the mantle. Convection currents in the mantle carry the plates around and the embedded continents travel along.
Convection in the earth's mantle.