W=mgh W=(20)(9.8)(1) w=196J
<span>Tectonic plates move because they are floating on top of the liquid mantle. The mantle itself moves due to convection currents: hot rock rises, gives off some heat, then falls. This creates vast swirls of moving liquid rock under the crust of the earth, which jostles the plates of crust on top.
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The hypothesis because its very hard to make and it confounds me
(3 m) / (2 mm/yr) = (3,000mm)/(2mm/yr) = 1,500 yrs.
This is the time required to age approx 75 generations of the best wine.