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Are the pacific plates and the antarctic plates moving towards each other or away from each other or past each other?
Rehbergerj
the plates are moving away from each other.
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What 3 tectonic plates contain mostly SIMA?
Pacific Plate, Antarctic Plate, Nazca Plate
Which two tectonic plates are separated by the midocean ridge?
The mid ocean ridge separates many plates, not just two. In the Atlantic Ocean it separates the Eurasian and African plates from the North American Plate and the African Plate from the South American Plate. In the Indian Ocean it separates the African Plate from the Antarctic, Australian, Indian Plates and the Australian Plate from the Antarctic Plate. In the Red Sea it separates the African Plate from the Arabian Plate. In the Pacific Ocean it separates the Pacific Plate from the Antarctic, Nazca, Cocos, and Juan de Fuca Plates and the Nazca Plate from the Cocos and Antarctic Plates.
4 largest tectonic plates?
antarctic plate, eurasion plate, pacific plate, & south American plate
What two plates are moving away from each other?
1. Pacific Plate and North American Plate 2. China Plate and Pacific Plate 3. Australian Plate and Pacific Plate 4. South American Plate and Nazca Plate 5. Eurasian Plate and African Plate 6. Eurasian Plate and Arabian Plate 7. Eurasian Plate and Australian PLATE 8. Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate
What plates are composed mostly of oceanic crust?
Of the Earth's major plates, the following are composed of a majority of oceanic crust: Pacific, North American, African, Antarctic, Australian, and South American.
Why are the pacific plates and the antarctic plates moving away from each other?
Because over time plate tectonics move apart. they either move apart, collide, or slide against each other. it's like the San Andreas fault those plates are moving away from each other.
What are the six major?
The six major plates are the American, African, Eurasian (Europe and Asia), Indian, Pacific, and Antarctic plates.
What are the six plate?
The six major plates are the American, African, Eurasian (Europe and Asia), Indian, Pacific, and Antarctic plates.
What 3 tectonic plates contain mostly SIMA?
Pacific Plate, Antarctic Plate, Nazca Plate
What is antarctic plates?
The Antarctic plate is the tectonic plate under the continent of Antarctica. It extends northward below the oceans to where it meets the Nazca, South American, African, Indo-Australian, and Scotia Plates and forms a divergent boundary along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge.
What are the names for four of the larger tectonic plates that make up the earth?
African, Antarctic, Indian, Australian, Eurasian, Pacific, North American plates.
Which two tectonic plates are separated by the midocean ridge?
The mid ocean ridge separates many plates, not just two. In the Atlantic Ocean it separates the Eurasian and African plates from the North American Plate and the African Plate from the South American Plate. In the Indian Ocean it separates the African Plate from the Antarctic, Australian, Indian Plates and the Australian Plate from the Antarctic Plate. In the Red Sea it separates the African Plate from the Arabian Plate. In the Pacific Ocean it separates the Pacific Plate from the Antarctic, Nazca, Cocos, and Juan de Fuca Plates and the Nazca Plate from the Cocos and Antarctic Plates.
What is happening to the plates to form Mt Rainer?
The plates are moving towards each other and they collide.
4 largest tectonic plates?
antarctic plate, eurasion plate, pacific plate, & south American plate
What is the plate boundary where plates are moving towards each other?
A fault.
What two plates are moving away from each other?
1. Pacific Plate and North American Plate 2. China Plate and Pacific Plate 3. Australian Plate and Pacific Plate 4. South American Plate and Nazca Plate 5. Eurasian Plate and African Plate 6. Eurasian Plate and Arabian Plate 7. Eurasian Plate and Australian PLATE 8. Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate
What is the area around the pacific plate where it collides with other plates?
There are eight plates surrounding the Pacific Plate. They are the North American Plate, Eurasian Plate, Philippine Plate, Australian-Indian Plate, Antarctic Plate, Nazca Plate, Cocos Plate, and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
