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many formations can occur during this process. there are normally triggers called earthquakes that occur. near a strong tech tonic plate in the pacific, there are volcanoes that are formed. millions of years ago for example Asia and India were not connected and the large land mass slowly pushe itself into Asia creating the Himalayas in which are still rising this very day
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What events occur when tectonic plates move?
an earthquake
What events occur when the tectonic plates move and grind against each other?
When tectonic plates move and grind against each other, this is an earthquake. If the moving of tectonic plates were to occur beneath the ocean's surface, the result would be a tsunami.
What tectonic plates move the cracks that occur are known as faults?
True
Why do most earthquakes occur at or near tectonic plate boundaries?
Most earthquakes occur near tectonic plates because as the plates shift, they move the ground causing an earthquake to occur. Most earthquakes happen there but you must keep in mind that the tectonic plates only move 4-6 centimeters every years.
Where do volcanos occur?
They occur in many places. Like Hawaii They can occur in any place were the tectonic plates move.
What causes earthquakes to happen?
Earth's tectonic plates move and seismic waves begin to occur.
What are the 3 types of convergence?
The three types of convergence are convergent boundary, divergent boundary, and transform boundary. Convergent boundaries occur when tectonic plates collide, divergent boundaries occur when tectonic plates move away from each other, and transform boundaries occur when tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
Does magnetism make the tectonic plates move?
No(see the explanation of the question "Why do the tectonic plates move?"
What directly causes earthquakes to happen?
Earth's tectonic plates move and seismic waves begin to occur.
How do earthquakes occur on planet earth?
the tectonic plates of the earth move and scrape against each other
How can tectonic plates move thousands of miles?
Tectonic plates move thousands of miles because they are not anchored down.
In what direction do tectonic plates go?
Tectonic plates move from east to west as a whole due to the coreolis (not sure of spelling) effect.
