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What is the force that builds upalong a fault as tetonic plates move?
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When two plates slide past each other what happens to the crust of the plates?
When the plates slide past each other, it releases a shock wave, either a p-wave or an s-wave, and it spreads out in all directions. Sometimes it causes earthquakes.
How does the San Andreas fault work to cause earthquakes?
Poo. :) Joking, just google it, Yahoo Answers has good answers about it Example: San Andreas is a transform fault with two plates sliding past each other. There is also a large bend in the fault (around the LA area). Basically, since these are large rocky plates and not water or something else slippery, they get stuck and tension builds up. When that tension is released as the plates slip, you get an earthquake. The bend makes it more difficult for the plates to slide past each other, which creates more tension, which is why there is such potential for the "big one."
What happens when plates on earth crust push together or scrape past each other?
They lodge together pressure builds up and overcomes the friction the plates jolt past each other and make earthquakes this also creates ridges in the land eg san andreas fault
What is the difference between earthquauke and fault?
A fault is the zone where two tectonic plates meet. An earthquake is vibration through the earth caused when the two plates on a fault line slide past each other.
Are earths active volcanoes scattered randomly?
Volcanoes are formed by tetonic plates pushing together. Therefore they often form in lines. Such as the Himalyers and the alpes.
What types of plates do Earthquakes form on?
Earthquakes typically occur on a any fault because the most common earthquake is the tectonic earthquake and it occurs on all the faults, though usually has the most effect on strike-slip faults (like the San Andreas fault).
What can happen when a plate movement stores energy in a rock along faults?
When energy builds up in a fault line, eventually it will overcome the friction that prevents the plates from moving, and the plates will move, producing an earthquake.
Why do earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault?
Earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault because of the tectonic plates. When the plates slip or shift, an earthquake happens.
Why do earthquakes only hit a certen place?
they hit in certain places because there are fault line and theres probably lot's the faults create enery and that energy builds up enough it makes the plates or titonic plates to move or shift.
What A crack in the Earth's crust caused by tectonic plate movement is called a?
It is a rift zone or a divergent boundary. plus. no offense to that person that uploaded the previous answer.
What fault forms when plates are pulled apart?
a normal fault
Where can a normal fault occur?
Fault line between the plates
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
What type of geologic feature will form where two continental plates col-lid?
Fault ... ;)
What is the similarity between a fault and a fault zone?
A fault is where to tectonic plates meet but a fault zone is the area around a fault.
When two plates slide past each other what happens to the crust of the plates?
When the plates slide past each other, it releases a shock wave, either a p-wave or an s-wave, and it spreads out in all directions. Sometimes it causes earthquakes.
What type of fault forms when plates converge?
a reverse fault is formedmountains
