Plate tectonics. The Earth's crust and upper part of the mantle [mantle: A zone of hot rock in the interior of the Earth, located between the outer crust and the molten core. ] are broken into large pieces called tectonic plates. These are constantly moving at a few centimetres each year.
Capitalism is an economic system in which trade, industry, and the means of production are privately owned and operated via profit and loss calculation (price signals) through the price system.he term capitalist mode of production is defined by private ownership of the means of production, extraction of surplus value by the owning class for the purpose of capital accumulation, wage-based labour, and, at least as far as commodities are concerned, being market-based.
noun. The definition of capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and the operations are funded by profits. An example of capitalism is the prison system in the United States being operated by private companies.n economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled mostly by private individuals and businesses for profit, thus what is produced and the quantities thereof are determined by consumer demand and competition.