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Usually an earthquake occurs.
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When the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks and moves?
A Fault(:
What is formed when the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks or moves?
A fault
What is formed when the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks and moves?
Nop
What happens when a tectonic plate gets subduction?
they will form a mountain
What is the plate tectonic process where one plate moves under another?
Subduction.
How does plates affect the surface of the surface?
when tectonic plate collides with other tectonic plates or moves into another tectonic plate it affects surface in a way to create mountains. Like Himalayas are created when the indian tectonic plate collided with asian tectonic plate.
What is a tectonic plate that moves together to cause destructive or compressional plate margins?
convergent
Does subduction happen at a plate boundary?
Subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.
When the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks and moves?
A Fault(:
What do geologists call a crustal landmass that moves as a unit?
A Tectonic Plate
What do geologist call a crustal landmass that moves as a unit?
A Tectonic Plate
What happens when a ocean plate and a tectonic plate collide?
chuck norris is born
Is there a link between plate tectoics and earthquakes?
yes when a plate tectonic moves or grinds togeher it = a earthquke
What happens in a seduction zone of the earth's crust?
the correct term is subduction zone. In geology, subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate, sinking into the Earth's mantle, as the plates converge. from wikipedia.com
The speed a tectonic plate moves per year is best measured in?
centimeters!
What is formed when the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks or moves?
A fault
What is formed when the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks and moves?
Nop
