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Much of California is laying on top of the San Andreas fault. For this reason, California tends to have frequent earthquakes as the adjoining plates move beside each other.
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Do you feel the effects of plate tectonics?
Yes, earthquakes are an affect of plate tectonics.
How do high temperatures affect plate tectonics?
Weather has no affect whatsoever on plate tectonics because their very stong.
How do high temperatures affect tectonics?
They don't. Weather and climate has no affect on plate tectonics.
What process is most responsible for building California and mountains?
Plate tectonics can create mountains. Plate Tectonics can also cause earthquakes in California.
How plate tectonics affect climate?
by changing ocean circulation
What events are common to Hawaii California and Georgia due to plate tectonics and plate activity?
Earthquakes.
How do plate tectonics affect the ocean floor?
They change its size and shape.
What are the biggest problems California is facing with its budget?
The biggest budget problems in California seem to be the same ones the rest of the nation is facing. Some of the problems include the energy crisis, the fall of the revenue surge back in '99-00, and the stock market crash.
What are some landforms in California that support the plate tectonics theory?
hups, bzzr
How does plate tectonics affect forest animals?
earthquakes are caused by plate tectonics and earthquakes destroy forests. volcanoes can erupt then also destroy forests and that destroys animals and their homes. forest animals can get affected by plate tectonics in other ways too.
What is a fault in plate tectonics?
A fault in plate tectonics is the line where two plates come together. A well-known and very visible example of this is the San Andreas fault in California.
How does the crust affect earth?
Convection currents in the mantle create plate tectonics.
