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Are northern plates are moving in same directions to meet in California?
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The North American and Pacific plates are sliding past each other in a more or less north-south direction.
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Why did earthquakes and volcanoes happen?
Tectonic Plates are moving in all directions...
What happens when two continental plates?
If the plates are moving together from opposite directions, the colliding edges will uplift into mountain ranges. If the plates are moving apart, a rift valley will form. If the plates are moving together at oblique angles, a fault zone will occur.
DO all the plates moving in the same direction?
Nope! They move in different directions which is why there are earthquakes.
What is a strike slip boundary?
A strike-slip boundary is when two plates move in two opposite directions from each other in a vertical fashion. For example, this line: | and this line | would be touching each other, and moving in opposite directions.Source: Eighth Grade Science
What three plates directly affect California?
1.The Pacific Plate moving relatively southeast. 2.The North American Plate moving relatively southwest. 3.The Juan de Fuca Plate is moving relatively eastwards and is responsible for majorvolcanic activity in the Cascade Mountains of northern California, Oregon and Washington.
What are transforms boundaries?
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions
What is it called when the earths plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions?
It's simply an earthquake.
How are divergent and tranform fault boundaries different?
At a divergent plat boundary the plates are moving APART in opposite directions and this is a constructive plate boundary.A transform boundary is one where the plates are SLIDING past each other in opposite directions.
Are the planets in California colliding Separating or sliding past each other?
It is the "Plates" in California that are moving past each each, The western plate is moving north and the eastern plate is moving south.
Tectonic plates move apart in opposite directions at a?
Its is Divergent Boundary, because it is moving Apart from each other. Convergent is moving together. convergent boundary
Where in the US is there evidence that plates are moving with respect to each other?
In california by san Fransisco
True or false When two continental plates converge Rift Valley forms?
False. A rift valley forms when continental plates diverge or pull apart. When two continental plates collide the result is a mountain range.
