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What is the movement caused by the sudden shift of of the earths plates called?
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∙ 12y ago
Are they not called fissures
RESPONSE TO: Are they not called fissures
They are so not called fissures. Fissures are way different from what the question is. Now think, what type of movement do you feel when an earthquake happens. Of course, SHAKING.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe wave movement that emanates from an earthquake is called body waves and surface waves. These waves are recorded using a seismograph and show as seismic waves. The main earthquake is called the main shock and aftershocks follow the main shock.
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∙ 12y agoThe category you put this question in gives you the answer: earthquakes. They are caused by seismic waves, which are caused by convection currents in the earth's mantle.
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What are strong shaking movement of the Earths curst called?
These are called earthquakes, they are caused by two huge rock plates in the earth which crash into each other.
What are two ways the movement of earths plates changes the earths surface?
Its Tectonic Activity
What is caused by the movement of the plates?
The movement of the hot mantle has broken the crust apart into large plates.
How might the plasticity of the mantle influence the movement of earths lithosphere plates?
Plasticity means that there is enough movement in the asthenosphere to allow thelithospheric plates to move.
The earths surface is broken into large pieces what are they called?
Tectonic Plates
What theory of the formation and movement of the plates that cover the earths surface?
the movement and formation of the plates or continents is caused by conduction under the crust.
What is the theory of formation and movement of the plates that cover the earths surface?
the movement and formation of the plates or continents is caused by conduction under the crust.
What is a sudden shaking of the earths crust caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
EARTHQUAKE
What are strong shaking movement of the Earths curst called?
These are called earthquakes, they are caused by two huge rock plates in the earth which crash into each other.
What are plate movement?
the movement of earths plates or crust
Are most volcanoes on land caused by the earths plates moving away from each other or moving toward each other?
all volcanoes are caused by the earths plates moving toward each other and that is called convergent boundaries.
Most geologists thinks that the movement of earths plates is caused by?
Geologists have hypothesized that the movement of tectonic plates is related to convection currents in the earth's mantle. Convection currents describe the rising, spread, and sinking of gas, liquid, or molten material caused by the application of heat.
Most geologists think that the movement of earths plates caused by?
Geologists have hypothesized that the movement of tectonic plates is related to convection currents in the earth's mantle. Convection currents describe the rising, spread, and sinking of gas, liquid, or molten material caused by the application of heat.
What is tactonic plates?
PLATE TECTONICS is the study of the movement of the earths continental plates
What are two ways the movement of earths plates changes the earths surface?
Its Tectonic Activity
Do tsunamis have a connection to the movement of the earths plates?
yes, it does have connection of the earths plates because when two plates go together it burst water under the ocean
What is caused by the earths plate or crust?
Earthquaks are caused by the earths tectonic plates moving over each other.Nothing is caused by the earths crust its just dirt and rock.
