The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

Ask students what layer of the Earth is shown through ... in other places it exposes the white part of the egg). This is how Earth's tectonic plates move. This results in formations of mountains ...

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to earthquakes and ... in the centre of the Earth, and is the hottest layer. It is spherical and solid and made up of iron and nickel.

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Deep below the Earth's crust, molten rock rises and falls, driving the movement of tectonic plates on our ... whether the moon also has a molten layer of rock sandwiched between its core and ...

Science is advancing and with it, fascinating and unique things are being discovered, as has happened in the Pacific Ocean. A group of researchers from ETH Zurich and the Californi ...