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Yes, earthquakes happen when the tectonic plates 'slip'.
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How are crustal features related to plate tectonics?
well i think that it is that plate tectonics are when they move by earthquakes and crustal features are when they discribe the crustal and the plate tectonics.
How is plate tectonics related to Natural Hazards?
plate tectonics are related to natural hazards because they cause them, such has erupting volcanoes, and trembling earthquakes.
Do you feel the effects of plate tectonics?
Yes, earthquakes are an affect of plate tectonics.
How earthquakes volcanoes and mountain's formation are related to plate tectonics?
Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains are formed via plate tectonics. When the large continental plates collide, they either cause temporary earthquakes, or more permanent features such as volcanoes and mountains.
What do plate tectonics cause around the world?
Plate tectonics can cause volcanoes, earthquakes, and underwater earthquakes can cause tsunamis.
How are earthquakes and volcanoes related to the theory of the plate tectonics?
They are both caused by movement of tectonic plates.
Can earthquakes affect plate tectonics?
Earthquakes are really the result of plate tectonics, not the cause. The moving plates touch at their boundaries and then occasionally suddenly slip. The sudden slip are the earthquakes.
What theory explains the movement of pieces of earths surface?
theory of plate tectonics
How are plate tectonics and evolution related?
Plate tectonics and evlolution are related because they both
How are volanoes and the process of plate tectonics related?
how are volcanoes and the process of plate tectonics related
Can plate tectonics provide an answer to earthquakes and volcanic activity?
NO!
What are several minor cause or earthquakes?
plate tectonics
