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Q: What is an elevated surface formed by volcanoes or when tectonic plates move together?
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How does the structure of the earth's surface result in an earthquake?

Its When Tectonic plates either collide Or Move Apart. Examples Of Tectonic Plates moving Together are mountains and volcanoes.


Explain how volcanoes change the earth's surface?

by the moment of the tectonic plates


Are there volcanoes and tectonic plate on Jupiter?

No - it's a 'gas giant' - meaning it has no solid surface.


What causes volcanoes to erupt under earths surface?

mostly earthquakes or plate tectonic movement.


Where and why do volcanoes occur?

Volcanoes occur when magma makes it way to the surface. The volcano begins as a lava flow but as it continues to erupt the volcano gets bigger. The volcano eruptions are determined by the pressure and density of the magma chamber.


Which Terrestrial Planet has the oldest least changing surface?

According to Oklahoma Edition of McDougal Littell Science Grade 7 the Terrestrial Planet that has the oldest least changing surface is Mercury. Mars has wind that carries sand that changes its surface. Venus has volcanoes and tectonic plates that change its surface. We know that Earth has erosion, volcanoes and tectonic plates that change the surface. This leaves Mercury.


How are volcanic?

Volcanoes form when tectonic plates move on the surface of the earth. It occurs at transform plate boundaries. Tectonic plates are always moving slowly, but when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, it creates a Subduction zone known where volcanoes are found.


What make mountains volcanoes?

Actually, the mountain is the volcano. If the entry point on the surface of the earth were not a volcano, the mountain would have been formed by tectonic plate movement or by another means. The height of the volcano -- rarely called a mountain -- is elevated by the accumulation of lava erupted through its mouth.


What surface feature provides evidence for the location of hot spots?

Volcanoes within tectonic plates provides evidence for the location of hot spots.


How do covergent boundary plates affect earths surface?

The tectonic plates combined together


What do fault lines and volcanoes have to do with one another?

The most active fault lines are usually at boundaries between tectonic plates. Most volcanoes form at boundaries where plates either come together or move apart. Additionally, in an area where conditions are right for volcanoes to form, faults can provide a pathway for magma to reach to surface to form a volcano, thus influencing where volcanoes form on a localized scale.


Why are older mountains and volcanoes smaller than younger ones?

This is not always true. However, it depends on the placement between the mountain/volcano, and the placement of the tectonic lines of the tectonic plates floating underneath the earth's surface.