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What are the differences between plate tectonic and tectonic plates?
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Converging plates come together. They converge together. Diverging plates come apart.
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What is the difference between plate tectonic and tectonic plate?
Plate Tectonics is the process by by which the earth's tectonic plates move.
Where do tectonic plates interact?
Interactions between tectonic plates occur at plate boundaries.
What is the interaction between tectonic plates called?
plate tectonics
What is the difference between plate tectonics and tectonic plate?
There are two types of tectonic plates:oceanic plates, thin and dense composed mostly of basalt rockcrustal plates, thick and light composed mostly of granite rock
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
What tectonic plate is San Andreas Fault on?
Faults do not appear on plates. They appear in between plates.
What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which New Zealand is located?
New Zealand is situated on the active boundary of the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates.
What are plate bounaries?
bounaries between the tectonic plates under the earths serface.
Is there correlation between tectonic plates and earthquakes?
Absolutely! The friction and catching from tectonic plate movement causes quakes.
Is the crust made out of tectonic plates?
Yes, it is made of tectonic plates and those plates have names e.g. Indo Australian plate, Eurasion plate
Is the crust made of tectonic plates?
Yes, it is made of tectonic plates and those plates have names e.g. Indo Australian plate, Eurasion plate
How does plates affect the surface of the surface?
when tectonic plate collides with other tectonic plates or moves into another tectonic plate it affects surface in a way to create mountains. Like Himalayas are created when the indian tectonic plate collided with asian tectonic plate.
