Sunny Priyan
The Earth's lithosphere is broken into large plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below, constantly shifting over time.
Mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes form at plate boundaries, where plates collide, pull apart, or slide against each other.
Heat from Earth’s core creates convection currents in the mantle, pushing the plates in different directions.
At subduction zones, one plate is forced beneath another, where it melts and is recycled back into the mantle.
Sea-floor spreading at mid-ocean ridges forms new oceanic crust, driving the movement of plates and expanding the ocean floor.
Plate tectonics are responsible for the continuous reshaping of continents, driving evolution and influencing the planet’s geological history.