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Plate tectonics are the effects on continental and oceanic plates as they move and collide.
Example :"Geologists study plate tectonics to find future stress points and earthquake zones."
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∙ 9y agoScientists pinpointed the location of the tectonic plate that contributed to the earthquake.
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Why is plate tectonics a suitable name for the study of plate motion. Explain?
It is a suitable name because tectonics comes from the Greek word tekton which means builder, and plate tectonics refers to the building of the features on Earth's surface due to deformation caused by plate movements...
Are plate tectonics flat?
yes plate tectonics are flat
What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
plate tectonics
There are many indications of plate tectonics on Mars?
No plate tectonics on Mars
What is a sentence about tectonic plates?
In the past years and centuries earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are theory of plate tectonics. <--- IDK if this is right ...(no not right) The theory of Plate tectonics describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere.
What is the word when plates move?
Plate Tectonics
Which theory describes the motion of earth's crust on its mantle?
plate tectonics=D
What is The theory that describes large scales movements of the lithosphere called?
Plate tectonics
How do volcanoes help plate tectonics?
Volcanoes don't help plate tectonics; volcanoes are the result of plate tectonics.
Why is plate tectonics a suitable name for the study of plate motion. Explain?
It is a suitable name because tectonics comes from the Greek word tekton which means builder, and plate tectonics refers to the building of the features on Earth's surface due to deformation caused by plate movements...
What theory states that plates move around on the athenosphere?
the crust cracks and magma fills in the space
Are plate tectonics flat?
yes plate tectonics are flat
What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
plate tectonics
How do you put plate boundary in a sentence?
In the study of tectonics, the plate boundary may be marked by volcanoes and other thermal activity.
There are many indications of plate tectonics on Mars?
No plate tectonics on Mars
Which of geologic processes formed most of californias nonmetalic mineral resources?
plate tectonics
Instrument used in studying plate tectonics?
instruments used in plate tectonics?
