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when pressure builds under the plates they move in opposite directions.
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What type of plate movement is happening at the edge of the Pacific and North American Plate?
Convergent Plate Movement.
What type of plate movement is able to produce a chain of islands?
the divergent plate movement
What is the plate on kilauea located?
The Pacific Plate. In the middle of the plate the volcano is rising from the plate movement.
WHAT ARE THE GEOLOGIC processes events that will occur because of this plate movement?
What are geologic processes/vents that will occur because of this plate movement?
Why is a tsunami a secondary effect of plate movement?
The energy from the plate movement travels through the water. The tsunami is just the resulting wave.
One hypothesis states that plate movement results from convection currents in thea mantle c lithosphere b asthenosphere d outer core?
Asthenosphere.
What type of plate movement is happening at the edge of the Pacific and North American Plate?
Convergent Plate Movement.
What movement does mantle convection currents cause?
They cause plate movement. The plate movement then causes an earthquake.
How does heat create plate movement?
The heat from the plate movement is created when it moves.
What type of plate movement forms volcanoes in iceland?
Divergent plate movement.
In what stage of the scientific process is plate tectonics?
Hypothesis
What type of plate movement is able to produce a chain of islands?
the divergent plate movement
Does Uranus have plate movement?
No it does not have plate movements.
What is the plate movement of a destructive plate?
tectonic shift
What are plate movement?
the movement of earths plates or crust
What is the plate on kilauea located?
The Pacific Plate. In the middle of the plate the volcano is rising from the plate movement.
Why was Wegener's hypothesis reject?
Alfred Wegener couldn't describe how the plate tectonics moved. So, scientists rejected his hypothesis.
