Why Do the Plates Move
A Divergent Boundary Occurs When Two Tectonic Plates Move Away from Each Other. Along These Boundaries, Earthquakes Are Common and Magma (Molten Rock) Rises...
How far do you think a plate can move in one year?
They can move at rates of up to four inches (10 centimeters) per year, but most move much slower than that. Different parts of a plate move at different speeds. The plates move in different directions, colliding, moving away from, and sliding past one another. Most plates are made of both oceanic and continental crust.
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Are the plates moving towards the same or different directions?
Each plate is moving in a different direction, but the exact direction depends on the “reference frame,” or viewpoint, in which you are looking at the motion. … Each plate is considered to be “rigid,” which means that the plate is moving as a single unit on the surface of Earth.
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