Plate Tectonics Explained

How do plate tectonics REALLY work?

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References

Conrad, C.P., 2014. Personal Communication

Driving forces of plate tectonics (website):

[awilk]

thanks for teaching me something in 2 minutes my teacher took 2 weeks to teach

[veritasium]

Great video! I definitely learned something here.

[jebuskryst]

You kind of made it seem as if the ocean crust dives under continental crust because continental crust is thicker. It would have been nice to hear that the ocean crust is far denser, and when it pushes up against continental crust, the denser material is forced under. 

Nitpicking point, and a great video overall. 

[MrEvolutionable]

As a geologist, I approve of this very correct piece of information.

[tryplot]

the real question is, how long till the next pangea

[jillbenedict]

and this, my friends, is what I call “studying for a quiz”

[realmetatron]

Fun fact: The velocity of a chain sliding off a table is a hyperbolic sine function :)

[bazoo]

Your little knowledge snippets are great at making something one already kind of knows much clearer.

[kedwardsTWO]

okay, so we use satellites to work out the speed on the plates, how do we calculate the mantle's speed?

[RobertJones]

I did not expect to learn something new here as I thought I had a pretty solid handle on how this all worked. I was (as is often the case with videos produced by Henry Reich) wrong. You should watch this, I'm sure you'll learn SOMETHING

[jjimms]

A whole month of my geography classes explained in 2 minutes, damn!

[reaganmoreno]

Thought I was gonna bomb a quiz before this thanks boo 💓💓
Edit: um I watched this 87 times 😂😂

[TheodoraTheo]

so thats why i didnt pass geography. youre a better teacher than my teacher.

[zeruszephuros]

I really love how you explained all of this :)
and the drawing/animation is really creative xD!
(like how the plate tectonics are "moving itself")
I really hope your channels get alot of supports and subscribers! 

[chairxhair]

this changed my life, when i watched it on full volume i didnt hear my dad screaming in the other room if i wasnt watching this he could still be alive :_:

[harmain]

We spent 2 weeks on this in school. This 2 minute video has made me learn more than those 2 weeks ever did.

[Bigbub]

I read the title thinking "Yeah I already know that from when I did it in school." but there were still things here I didn't know. Come to think of it, it may have something to do with my geography teacher being absent through-out all of year 10 and getting a cover teacher instead.

[shubham]

Man, I searched about this in about 3~ 4 books, It was all getting over my head. I couldn't understand that if tectonic plates moves then how the hell continents can merge and devide, But a simple example of conveyer belt solved it all in second ❤️ thanks a lot

[abelsantos]

I’m using this vid for a science report but I’m home schooled:)

[missywillow]

i learnt more by watching this video than what my teacher taught in 3 lessons XD