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Does heat from the inner core and movement of tectonic plates produce seismic waves?
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no.
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What causes friction on tectonic plates?
the movement of tectonic plates
What tectonic plates caused the 1755 Lisbon earthquake?
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was primarily caused by the movement of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. These plates converge along the southwestern coast of Portugal, resulting in frequent seismic activity in the region.
What are seismic plates?
seismic plates, or tectonic plates, are huge 'plates' of rocks that exist beneath the earth's surface that rest upon molten rock. It is on the borders of these plates that 'fault lines' occur and these are hotspots of volcanic and seismic activity such as earthquakes.
What boundary forms when tectonic plates pull apart?
The movement of tectonic plates in opposite directions is referred to as a divergent boundary.
Movement of tectonic plates is not caused by?
Ocean Current.
What causes friction on tectonic plates?
the movement of tectonic plates
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
What tectonic plates caused the 1755 Lisbon earthquake?
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was primarily caused by the movement of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. These plates converge along the southwestern coast of Portugal, resulting in frequent seismic activity in the region.
Why do tectonic plates produce seismic waves?
Tectonic plates are always trying to slowly move, but they more often than not find another tectonic plate in there path of motion. After enough pressure is built up between these plates trying to move past each other, a sudden "jerk" between them happens, and the restoring force from this "jerk" causes the waves we call "seismic waves" to happen.
What are seismic plates?
seismic plates, or tectonic plates, are huge 'plates' of rocks that exist beneath the earth's surface that rest upon molten rock. It is on the borders of these plates that 'fault lines' occur and these are hotspots of volcanic and seismic activity such as earthquakes.
Why do seismic waves originate along fault lines?
Seismic waves originate along fault lines because that is an edge of a tectonic plate. Imagine the tectonic plates as pieces of a puzzle. The fault line is the wavy side or edge in the piece and the pieces fit together. Whenever the plates move, they rub against the tectonic plates or puzzle pieces on their sides creating seismic waves.
What is tectonic earthquake means?
It is the unsual movement of tectonic plates which causes tectonic earthquakes.
What records movement of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes
Where does movement occur in earthquakes?
Tectonic plates.
How do continents develop?
The movement of the tectonic plates
How are all the seismic waves the same?
No, it depends on how much pressure the tectonic plates collide with
Is seismology the study of tornadoes?
no. It is the study of the tectonic plates and the earthquakes that form. It studies the seismic activities of these plates. Thus seismology.
