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What are 3 ways that plate tectonics has changed the Earth's surface?
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- The locations of the continents has changed (and is continuing to change) due to plate tectonics.
- Fold mountains and volcanoes have been formed where different plates have collided with each other (the Himalayan mountains are still growing due to the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates).
- New oceans have been formed at divergent boundaries where two plates are moving away from each other (this mechanism formed the Atlantic Ocean and causes the US and Europe to move approximately 2.5 cm further apart every year). This process is also causing the East African Rift valley to form, and may one day create a new ocean there.
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What can occur to earths surface as a result of plate tectonics?
they shake and crack it.
How do plutons become visible at earths surface if they are formed underground?
erosion and plate tectonics
Which the theory views the earths surface as composed of slowly moving plates?
Plate tectonics.
Where is Earths magnetic reversals recorded?
in plate tectonics
What are plate tectonics and what does it have to do with the earths shape?
Plate tectonics are what each continent is on. They move and are continuing to move today. It has to do with the earth's shape because the plate tectonics move the continents around.
What theory explains the movement of pieces of earths surface?
theory of plate tectonics
What can occur to earths surface as a result of plate tectonics?
they shake and crack it.
What is the theory that earths surface is made of movable plates?
Plate Tectonics.
What are plates techonics?
plate tectonics are moving plates under the earths surface
What theory explains the movement of the pieces of earths surface?
theory of plate tectonics
How do plutons become visible at earths surface if they are formed underground?
erosion and plate tectonics
Which the theory views the earths surface as composed of slowly moving plates?
Plate tectonics.
What is the scientific theory that says the large plates of the Earths outer crust float on the surface?
Plate Tectonics!
What are slow changes on earths surface?
plate tectonics are one of the many slow earth change (helpers)
Did the upper mantle or core of earths surface drive the plate tectonics?
The mantle, being of a silly-putty-like consistancy, is responsible for the movement of the plates on earth's crust, or plate tectonics.
What theory states that earths crust and the rigid upper mantle move in different directions rates over earths surface?
Plate tectonics.
Are blizzards used as a evidence the the earths surface consist of plates that are in continuous motion?
No. Blizzards have nothing to do with plate tectonics.
