why do tectonic plates move and can you "prevent" them from moving?

why can you move the top part of your finger wthout moving the rest of it?

I was melting butter on the stove and I noticed that the butter moved away from the center of the pan on the eye. so the midd...

I need an answer based on Plate Tectonics. This is about the Earth sliding apart &pressing together.

What would happen if all of a sudden the earth stopped moving and we got pulled tward the sun?

what happen when a long straight conductor is moved through uniform magnetic field at constant velocity? It an asѕignment, pl...

The dolphins used to be plentiful offshore, deeper into the Northern Pacific, but in the last 30 or so years, more and more d...

Does the sun move around the earth or does the earth moves around the sun???

Mudslides, Earthquakes, Tsunami's, serve weather conditions... this world is really f*cking up

A 13 year old boy died after using synthetic marijuana, so do you think there needs to be a more effective stand against the ...

Which earthquake in san fransisco was worse the one in 1906 or the one in 1989?