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What tectonic plate is San Andreas Fault on?
Faults do not appear on plates. They appear in between plates.
Where tectonic plates collide folds and fault can become?
Mountain Ranges(:
When to tectonic plates push into each other the place the to plates meet is called what boundary?
Fault lines
What places where tectonic plates separate is called?
Fault lines or plate boundaries.
How many tectonic plates do we have?
there are 7 huge plates but dozens of smaller plates
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
What is fault of earthquake?
Tectonic plates
What is a tectonic fault?
A Tectonic fault is where the different tectonic plates meet and it is a fault because one may be higger or thicker than the other.
How are fault line formed?
by tectonic plates
What does plates do?
Tectonic plates are sections of the Earth's crust, which float on the mantle beneath the crust. You can see where plates end at fault lines, like the San Andreas fault line in the USA, These plates are constantly shifting, and if they collide, the shockwave can cause an earthquake and/or Tsunami
What is the similarity between a fault and a fault zone?
A fault is where to tectonic plates meet but a fault zone is the area around a fault.
What do you call the area where two tectonic plates meet?
A fault
What tectonic plate is San Andreas Fault on?
Faults do not appear on plates. They appear in between plates.
Where tectonic plates collide folds and fault can become?
Mountain Ranges(:
What are underground plates called?
sliding,seperating,and colliding plates and tectonic plate . Tectonic plates are the one which cause earthquakes
Do convection current in oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
What is a fault on a map?
A fault line is the boundary between two tectonic plates; fault lines do not ordinarily appear on maps.
