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What is cracks in the earth crust located between two huge plates?
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Cracks form in the crust of the earth because?
there are plates that move in the earth
What is the difference between fault lines and plate boundaries?
Fault lines are simply where cracks appear in the earth's crust from the movement of the plates.
What do you call the deep cracks in the earths crust along which the crust shifted?
Trenches if they are in zones of subduction. Falt lines are in areas of shifting plates (rubbing against or parallel)
Where are tectonic plates located?
The entire crust (or outer layer) of the planet Earth is composed of plates, and the movements of those plates are described by the science of plate tectonics.
What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
What are Cracks in the earths crust called?
Divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries are all cracks in the Earth's crust. They are located where the Earth's plates border one another.
What are cracks in earths crust that move or shift?
Tectonic plates.
Cracks form in the crust of the earth because?
there are plates that move in the earth
What is the difference between fault lines and plate boundaries?
Fault lines are simply where cracks appear in the earth's crust from the movement of the plates.
What is the earth's plates located beneath?
The crust
Where do volcanoes most commonly happen?
cracks in the plates which make up the crust. the earths crust is not connected. its made up of plates that moves and they are formed by plates pushing together then collapsing. they erupt when it gets a lot of friction from the plates pushing together
Plates beneath the earths crust are located where?
The Earth's crust is made of plates which float on the Earth's mantle. They are located on the entire planetary surface. Even oceans lie on top of plates.
Why doesn't the earth's crust become thicker even when a new crust is formed at divergent boundaries?
Because, the molten material that moves into the fissures and cracks between diverging plates is no thicker than the existing plates. The plate will then probably be destroyed at the other end, due to a convergent boundary :)
What do you call the deep cracks in the earths crust along which the crust shifted?
Trenches if they are in zones of subduction. Falt lines are in areas of shifting plates (rubbing against or parallel)
What what are cracks in the Earth's crust called?
Cracks in the Earth's crust are faults.
How are faults and earthquakes are related?
The are both related to the movement of tectonic plates.
Where are tectonic plates located?
The entire crust (or outer layer) of the planet Earth is composed of plates, and the movements of those plates are described by the science of plate tectonics.
