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Are the Cascade Mountains still growing today?
yes they are because the Pacific PLate is subducting under the North American Plate
How was India formed by plate tectonics?
India has it's own tectonic plate. It is not tectonically connected to the Eurasian plate. When the India plate crashed into the Eurasian plate, this formed the Himalayan Mountains. India is still moving closer to into the Eurasian plate today, and this is how the Himalayas are still growing.
What are tectonic plates called?
There are seven Primary plates, as follows: African Plate Antarctic Plate Eurasian Plate Indo-Australian Plate North American Plate Pacific Plate South American Plate There are also seven Secondary plates, as follows: Arabian Plate Caribbean Plate Cocos Plate Juan de Fuca Plate Nazca Plate Philippine Sea Plate Scotia Plate In addition, there are over 50 Tertiary plates.
How does ocean floor spreading relate to plate tectonics and continental drift?
The connection is that the ocean floor spreading is what causes the subduction. When the steadily enlarging ocean floor meets a continental plate it slides under it. That's what subduction means.
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 evidence sHows that the Pacific Plate once moved in a more northerly direction than it does today?
Cuz it moved up
What direction is South American moving today?
north
Are the Cascade Mountains still growing today?
yes they are because the Pacific PLate is subducting under the North American Plate
Can a transform plate boundary slide along each other in two different directions?
In Earth Science today, we learned that a transform curstal plate margin are created when ttwo crustal plates move along each other. Our teacher told us that it seems they move in two different directions (the San Andreas Fault) because the Pacific Plate moves faster than the North American Plate. It is observed by the displacement of the rocks, the oceanic rocks (Pacific Plate) move in a N-NW direction, and the crustal rocks (North American Plates) also did move in a N-NW direction, but at a slower rate, making it look like they moved in a S-SE direction. Now my question is, can two plate move along each other in two different ways, i.e.: North and South, and if so, what is an example (where is it and what is the name)?
How was India formed by plate tectonics?
India has it's own tectonic plate. It is not tectonically connected to the Eurasian plate. When the India plate crashed into the Eurasian plate, this formed the Himalayan Mountains. India is still moving closer to into the Eurasian plate today, and this is how the Himalayas are still growing.
Where is active seafloor spreading occurring today?
At any divergent plate margin: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge The boundary between the African Plate and Arabian Plate (the Red Sea) Great Rift Valley West Antarctic Rift East Pacific Rise Pacific-Antarctic Ridge Galapagos Rise Gakkel Ridge
What are 3 areas of probable volcanic activity today in the US and why?
# Hawaii - It lies underneath a mantle "hot spot" which provides an almost constant supply of magma to the earth's surface here. # Pacific North West - The Pacific crust is being subducted underneath the North American Plate here and provides a source for magma. Part of the Pacific ring of fire. i.e. Mt St. Helen's # Alaska - Also part of the ring of fire, the Pacific plate is being subducted underneath the Laurentian (North American) plate.
When was You're Moving Out Today created?
You're Moving Out Today was created in 1977.
What are tectonic plates called?
There are seven Primary plates, as follows: African Plate Antarctic Plate Eurasian Plate Indo-Australian Plate North American Plate Pacific Plate South American Plate There are also seven Secondary plates, as follows: Arabian Plate Caribbean Plate Cocos Plate Juan de Fuca Plate Nazca Plate Philippine Sea Plate Scotia Plate In addition, there are over 50 Tertiary plates.
What split Pangea?
the plate tectonics. the plates were (and still are) moving which caused the supercontinent to split apart and come into the places where they are today. someday, since the plates are still moving, all the continents will come together again and form another supercontinent.
Why has the theory of plate tectonics made today an exciting time to study geology?
the continents are still moving, new formations are being made through convergent and divergent boundries.
How does the theory of plate tectonics differ from Wegener's idea of continental drift?
Wegener's idea of continental drift suggested thatcontinents moved, but it did not explain many otherparts of Earth's crust. Today scientists use the theoryof plate tectonics to explain why Earth's features appearas they do.According to the theory of plate tectonics, Earth's lithosphere is broken into about 20 moving plates. The continents and the ocean floor make up the surfaces of these moving plates.
