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What is a sudden movement along the boundary of a tectonic plate?
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This condition is called an earthquake.
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What tectonic plates caused the 1755 Lisbon earthquake?
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was primarily caused by the movement of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. These plates converge along the southwestern coast of Portugal, resulting in frequent seismic activity in the region.
Why is Japan more likely than Australia to have volcanic eruptions and earthquakes?
Answer Japan is located along a convergent plate boundary where oceanic crust is subducted under the continental crust. Plate collisions such as this will result in volcanism and earthquakes when the enormous pressures associated with such collisions is released through sudden plate movement. Australia is not located along a plate boundary.
How do mid-ocean ridges work?
Two tectonic plates move apart, allowing for geologic activity along the boundary that slowly build a ridgeline along the bottom of the ocean.
Is a movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden of energy when rocks move along a fault?
Earthquake
What boundary do subduction zones form on?
Subduction zones form along some tectonic plate boundaries. Of the three general types of tectonic plate boundaries, we will see them form at some (but not all) of what are called convergent plate boundaries.
Does a rift valley form along a colliding boundary?
No, it would form along a separating (divergent) tectonic plate boundary.
Is the movement of a uniform or uneven along its boundary?
uneven
What is the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a fault?
Earthquake
What tectonic plates caused the 1755 Lisbon earthquake?
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was primarily caused by the movement of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. These plates converge along the southwestern coast of Portugal, resulting in frequent seismic activity in the region.
What type of plate boundary is found along the West Coast of Central America?
a tectonic plate fault-
An earthquake is a shaking caused by the sudden movement of the earth's crust.?
Earthquakes occur both along plate edges and along faults. Most earthquakes will occur near the edge of the oceanic and continental plates.
Do the tectonic plates only move during earthquakes or volcanic eruptions or do they move all the time?
They move all the time. At plate boundaries there is some slow movement punctuated by more rapid movement during earthquakes. While most volcanic activity occurs along plate boundaries, the actual eruptive patterns are not directly related to the movement along the boundary.
How do convection currents cause earthquakes?
bob sagot will stomp his foot on the ground and the result of that will cause a earthquake
Do tectonic plates cause earthquakes and volcanoes to happen for the same reason?
The movement of tectonic plates are almost always the cause for earthquakes and volcanoes, although the actual quake or eruption may occur long after the underlying movement. Earthquakes are sudden shifts in the crust, when built-up stress along rock faults is released. The magma for volcanoes is formed of rocks that melt when they are pushed deeper into the Earth by tectonic forces.
What geologic formations would probably be found along the boundary where two tectonic plates meet?
Faultlines, Volcanoes, or Sinkholes
What mass movement involves the sudden movement of a block of material along a flat inclined surface is called a?
slide
What kind of boundary is located at the mid ocean ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge is formed along a divergent or constructive plate boundary between two plates of oceanic crust.
