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What happens to lithospheric plates when an earthquake occurs?
Lithospheric plates, which also are called tectonic plates, move towards or away from each other when an earthquake occurs.
What forms when the lithospheric plates rub against each other?
well in a volcano the lithospheric plates meet when magma moves and moves at the bottom and in the magma chamber the lava[magma] is moving around the lithospheric plates thats what forms them but what forms when they rub against each other is a volcanic eruption
Are earthquakes caused by plates sliding past each other?
lithospheric plates slide scrape against each other during an earthquake which is the cause of one.
What type of stress occurs when lithospheric plates scrape past each other?
Shear stress.
What forms when lithospheric plates rub past each other?
pressure builds up, and then it is suddenly released.
How do the lithospheric plates move each year?
5 centimeters.
What happens when the lithospheric rub past each other?
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Describe how the presence of faults and folds supports the idea that lithospheric plates are in motion?
Faults and folds just support the idea that there lithospheric plates are in motion because folds appear when the plates move towards each other. The faults appear when the plates drift apart and cause an empty space.
Forms when two crustal lithospheric plates slide past each other?
A transform boundary is formed when two crustal lithospheric plates slide past each other horizontally in opposite directions. The movement at these boundaries is typically characterized by frequent earthquakes due to the friction between the two plates as they slide. An example of a transform boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California.
What are converging boundaries?
A convergent boundary is when two plates collide with each other forming landforms like trenches, or mountains (depends which type of plates converge.)
And how the lithospheric plates move centimeters each year?
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What happens when two continental plates slide past each other?
Transform faults are caused by plates sliding past each other.
