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tectonic plates shifting. One moves under another and this causes the growth of new crust
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What causes the earths crust to rise and fall?
The sudden vibration in the plates inside the crust causes the earths crust to rise & fall.
What causes stress earths crust?
The movement in earths plates create powerful forces that pull or squeeze the rock in the crust.
What is a mega earthquake?
A mega earthquake is seismic activity below the earths crust that causes fluctuations in the earths tectonic plates. This forces the ground to shake and the earths crust to crack.
What type of stress causes the earths crust to become thinner?
Tension
What causes faults in Earths crust?
The constant plate movement
How does stress change earths crust?
It causes it to deform - this deformation is called "strain".
What causes magma to flow out of a weak spot in the earths crust?
Geothermal presure.
What cause ocean ridges to form?
earths crust causes it
What process causes Earth's crust to be continuously formed by volcanic activity?
Pressure from the earths core
What causes the sea floor to spread apart?
Sea floor spreading occurs due to the movement of tectonic plates away from each other. This movement creates a gap or rift at the mid-ocean ridge where magma rises up from below the Earth's crust, solidifying to form new crust. Over time, this process results in the continuous widening of the sea floor.
What is the name of ca famous break in the earths crust that causes earthquakes to occur?
bere hive
What causes thinning in the earths crust?
Thinning of the Earth's crust is caused by the Earth's mantle heating up and expanding. As the mantle expands, large areas of the crust fall in, where they are melted.
