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What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
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plate tectonics
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Where could you find granite?
Granite is quarried in huge blocks (up to 35 tons!) from the mountains of Italy, the US, India, Brazil, Norway and dozens of other countries.
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
What is the most abundant element in Earths continental crust by weight is?
oxygen is the most abundent element present i n the earth crust by weight.Because it makes covelent bond with silicon to form silicates ,which react with other minoer elements of the earth to foem a huge number of silicate minerals.
What is plate in social studies?
it is a huge block of earth's crust
How did the Hawaiian Islands form?
Volcanoes - It is called a hot spot and as the earths crust moves over the spot, volcanoes form and in this case, created the chain of islands.They formed from a hot spot in earths crustThe Hawiian Islands are the tops of huge undersea volcanoes.The way the islands have formed, although far away from any fault, the area is a volcanic hot-spot. Back a couple million years, the crust beneath was thinning and rising. A series of undersea volcanic eruptions force volcanic material upwards, making the islands. The thinning of the crust, literally, moves southward to make other islands.It has to do wih tectonic plates
What are huge sections of the Earth's crust called?
TecTonic plates
How miners been able to dig into Earth's crust?
miners have been able to dig into the earths crust by big machines and other huge tools and they have only dig ed 2 miles into the earths crust
What happens to earths surface as huge pieces of crust move?
most times earthquakes occur
The type of mountain involving huge sections of the earth's crust being pushed up into anticlines and synclines is the?
A fold mountain is the type of mountain involving huge sections of the earth's crust being pushed up into anticlines and synclines. It often occurs when two continental plates collide.folded mountain
What is a slow motion of huge blocks ofearths crust is called?
earth crust displacement
What percent of Earths crust do silicates make up?
silicon percent abundance in earths crust poops
What is a huge piece of crust on the Earth called?
A tectonic or lithospheric plate.
Mountains are made by movements in earths?
Yes! Amazing isn't it! Mountains are formed by slow but gigantic movements of the earths crust. The Earth's crust is made up of 6 huge slabs called plates, which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. When to slabs of the earth's crust smash into each other the land can be pushed upwards, forming mountains. Many of the greatest mountain ranges of the world have formed because of enormous collisions between continents.
What is earths moon made of?
The moon is a huge ball of rock, chemically similar to the rocks of the Earth's crust and mantle. It does not have a core of nickel and iron, unlike the Earth.
Earths lithosphere is made of huge pieces of solid rock is called ..?
Lithospheric plates.
Where could you find granite?
Granite is quarried in huge blocks (up to 35 tons!) from the mountains of Italy, the US, India, Brazil, Norway and dozens of other countries.
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
