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Are you asking what happenes when the plates shift, why the plates shift, how the plates shift, or what? Please make the question more clear.
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plates have been constantly shifting since the time the earth was formed. but, they move at different rates in different directions
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoSurface features like mountains, hills, land, and buildings along the fault lines
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∙ 13y agoAn earthquake. Sometimes you can't feel them though.
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∙ 12y agoIf you mean the Earth's plates, then there would probably be an earthquake.
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∙ 15y agoUsually the snap into new positions creates an earthquake.
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∙ 12y agoit farts
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Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
What are underground plates called?
sliding,seperating,and colliding plates and tectonic plate . Tectonic plates are the one which cause earthquakes
What are the plates called that make up the Earth's crust?
They are known as tectonic plates from the Greek word for carpenter.
What happens as a result of the sudden shift between two tectonic plates s?
earthquake
What is broken into sections called plates which float on top of the crust?
tectonic plates
What is the process called where earth's plates plunges underneath another?
Tectonic shift
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
Why do earthquakes mostly happen along tectonic plates boundaries?
Becuase when the tectonic plates shift or move, it creates an earthquake. so the closer to the tectonic plates, the more strong the earthquake.
Why Japan have earthquake?
Tectonic plates shift and cause earthquakes.
What are cracks in earths crust that move or shift?
Tectonic plates.
Why are most of the earthquakes and volcanoes located at the border of the tectonic plates?
Beacause plates, at tectonic, boundaries shift against each other.
What can tectonic plates also be called instead of tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates are also "Continental Crust" and "Oceanic Crust". Also lithospheric plates.
Do earthquakes affect the earth?
It's a shift in the Earth's tectonic plates.
When tectonic plates shift and energy is released what happens?
earthquakes form
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
What are the plates called that make earthquakes?
Tectonic plates
