Plate Movement
By: Brian • Essay • 298 Words • May 9, 2010 • 1,026 Views
Plate Movement
The earth is made up of many parts with layers of rocks, lava and minerals put equal amount of pressure on all sides of the earth. The earth has many layers such as the inner core outer, core mantle, crust and oceanic plates with each having their own order. Each plate offers to have different materials but the main factor is that the inside of the earth is very hot making it unbearable to go underneath the earth. The earth had been solidified over billions of years creating the theory of plate tectonics which is the movement of the existing plates that are underneath our earth. The land on the earth has also moved a lot and has changed dramatically over the years of its existence. This being so is not the only cause of plate tectonics, movements of the earth are caused by earth quakes which move the plates causing an magnetic movement or a shift in the land.
. The theory of plate tectonics is not proven to be only the shift of the oceanic plates or the plates on top of the earth; many are caused deep