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The plates are always pushing into each other- it's when they suddenly shift that things happen.
It's sort of like when you have two very sticky objects, one on top of the other, and you push them together. They don't slide across each other, but rather build up tension before finally "snapping" to a less tense position. It's the same with tectonic plates (plates, or at least their edges, do sit one on top of the other).
The first thing they can do is cause earthquakes- this is the plates "snapping" inot positions that are less tense. These are very quick (relatively).
The second thing they can do is create mountains. Slowly, over time, some of the plates that are not one-on-top-of-the-other smash into each other until mountains rise from them. Again, imagine those same sticky cakes, only now just smash them together- the cakes are too weak to just bump apart, and are unable to go anywhere but up.
In summary: Earthquakes and mountains happen.
When two tectonic plates push into each other, one plate is pushed upwards, which results in the formation of mountain ranges, including volcanoes. The second plate is forced in the opposite direction, eventually sinking and melting into the core.
You'll either get subduction (where one goes underneath another plate, causing earthquake) or abduction (where plates will form mountains and you'll get earthquakes).
under land: Mountains, earthquakes, tsunamis, ....Look up the 'wilson cycle'
You get vibrations or an earthquake
Islands form
An earthquake!!
It depends on which plate tectonics you are talking about. Each plate has its specific direction of movement. All plate tectonics move in different directions.
A transformed plate margin is the plate that slides past each other
Plate Tectonics. Plate Tectonics are the sub-layers that lie underneath the Earth's surface. They can rub against together, smash together, or pull away from each other. This is what caused Pangaea to separate.
They occur where two plates move away from each other.
An earthquake!!
an earth quake
Earthquakes
It depends on which plate tectonics you are talking about. Each plate has its specific direction of movement. All plate tectonics move in different directions.
But plate tectonics is the theory which suggests that the Earth's crust is made up of solid plates moving relative to each other. Plate tectonics and the plate tectonics theory aren't really two separate things. However plates are pieces of the Earth's crust which are moving.
it shows that the polarity was switched and they push away from each other.
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.
I think it is plate tectonics
Plate tectonics create mountains by shifting. They ran into each other and the crashes created solid mountains. Mountains are like wrinkles in the earth.
A transformed plate margin is the plate that slides past each other
Plate tectonics.
Plate tectonics