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What do we call a crack or break along which rocks move?
A fault line, or plate boundary.
What boundary is the mauna loa on?
If we consult a map showing tectonic plates, we can see that Mauna Loa is on the Pacific plate. The general rule is that volcanic activity usually appears along plate boundaries, but Mauna Loa and the Hawaiian Islands sit on what is called a hot spot in approximately the middle of Pacific plate.
What is the relationship between the location of volcanoes and the earth's tectonic plates?
The locations of volcanoes related to plate boundaries are most volcanoes are located at either divergent or convergent plate boundaries, where plate motions provide the mechanisms to form magma. suck dicl
What happends when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate?
When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate, the subducting plate ---> oceanic creates a curved line of volcanoes along the edge of the overlying continental plate.
What are four states that are part of the ring of fire?
The four states that are part of the Ring of Fire are Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. The Ring of Fire is, in general, where the Pacific Plate is subducting underneath some other plate. The result is a line of volcanoes along the subduction boundary. Hawaii, which was mentioned as an answer, is not part of the Ring of Fire because its volcanoes were formed by a hot spot.
Where does an earthquake always occur?
Along a plate boundary or a fault line.
Where does transform plate boundary occur?
Along the San Andreas Fault line.
How the location of volcanoes is related to the theory of plate tectonics?
Volcanoes usually occur along the line where two plates meet.
What do we call a crack or break along which rocks move?
A fault line, or plate boundary.
What boundary is the mauna loa on?
If we consult a map showing tectonic plates, we can see that Mauna Loa is on the Pacific plate. The general rule is that volcanic activity usually appears along plate boundaries, but Mauna Loa and the Hawaiian Islands sit on what is called a hot spot in approximately the middle of Pacific plate.
What is the relationship between the location of volcanoes and the earth's tectonic plates?
The locations of volcanoes related to plate boundaries are most volcanoes are located at either divergent or convergent plate boundaries, where plate motions provide the mechanisms to form magma. suck dicl
What is a boundary where 2 plates move apart?
It is called a divergent plate boundary.
What type of fault line is the mid-Atlantic ridge?
no the mid- Atlantic ridge is a transform boundary
What happends when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate?
When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate, the subducting plate ---> oceanic creates a curved line of volcanoes along the edge of the overlying continental plate.
What are four states that are part of the ring of fire?
The four states that are part of the Ring of Fire are Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. The Ring of Fire is, in general, where the Pacific Plate is subducting underneath some other plate. The result is a line of volcanoes along the subduction boundary. Hawaii, which was mentioned as an answer, is not part of the Ring of Fire because its volcanoes were formed by a hot spot.
What are conservative plate boundaries?
These are plate boundary where there is relatively little or no creation of new crust or destruction of old crust. At the conservative plate boundary, tectonic plate move side by side horizontally sliding pass one another and berely interacting but only leading to the formation of a kind of line in-between called tranform fault or transform fault line. So it just seem as if the lithosphere in such boundary is conserved and preserved.
Do Earthquakes and volcanoes only occur along tectonic plate boundaries?
Volcanoes usually occur along the boundaries of tectonic plates but they can also occur far from any boundary, over a 'hot spot'. The Hawaiian Islands are a string of volcanoes that formed as the Pacific Plate slowly moved over a hot spot. The hot spot is still active and the plate is still moving.Earthquakes usually occur along the boundaries of plates but they can also occur almost anywhere without any obvious cause. Of course, there is a cause, a shift of internal pressure that causes the rocks to move along a fault line. We are just not aware of the fault until it shows itself in an earthquake.
