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The surface feature formed when two plates meet is known as a fault. In some cases mountains can also be formed when two plates collide.
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How was the mount Blanc formed?
mountains are formed through the movement of tectonic plates which form the earths crust, with the force from convection currents. as two plates move towards eachother, where they meet can be pushed up to form mountain ranges etc.
The place where tectonic plates touch is known as the what?
It is called plate boundarys :P
Which two plates meet at haiti?
North America and Caribbean plates.
When two oceanic plates meet witch plate gets subducted and why?
When two oceanic plates meet, which plate gets subducted and why
What does pressure have to do with earthquakes?
The Earth's crust is a series of 'plates' moving on a molten surface. These plates slide against each other, and friction causes pressure to build up where the plates meet. Eventually, the pressure becomes so great that the plates 'snap' past each other. This releases the built-up pressure which we feel as tremors.
What is formed where two plates meet?
---- ---- A volcano or a mountin forms when they push up and a threch is formed when it pushea down. When ever two plates meet they create an earthquake.
What are tectonic plates how were the continents formed?
Tectonic plates are large sections of Earth's crust that float on the semi-fluid mantle beneath them. The continents were formed through the process of plate tectonics, where tectonic plates collided, separated, or slid past each other over millions of years. This movement caused the continents to come together to form supercontinents, break apart, and drift to their current positions.
What are tectonic plates how were continents formed?
these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
What underwater ridge has formed where North and South American plates meet the African and Eurasian plates?
The Juan De Fuca
What underwater ridge has formed where the North and South American plates meet the African and Eurasian plates?
The Juan De Fuca
What underwater ridge has formed where the North and South American plates meet the African and Eurasia n plates?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
How was the mount Blanc formed?
mountains are formed through the movement of tectonic plates which form the earths crust, with the force from convection currents. as two plates move towards eachother, where they meet can be pushed up to form mountain ranges etc.
The place where tectonic plates touch is known as the what?
It is called plate boundarys :P
How and why earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes occur when a shift in the earth's crust causes tremors to rock the surface of the earth around the shift. Since the Earth's crust is divided into different plates, and these plates move around (very slowly) on the earth, there are earthquakes. Also, since there are different parts that the plates meet at, there are certain "hotspots" where more earthquakes happen (where the plates meet).
What is tyhe cause of earthquakes on earth's surface?
The earth's crust is made up of plates that are always moving. If suddenly one moves on top or under another, than the earth shakes and it forms an earthquake or tremor, depending on how much the plates moved ( a tremor is a small earthquake.) Earthquakes only occur where the plates meet, for example in Japan and America there are lots of earthquakes because lots of plates meet on the area above them. The lines where the plates meet are called fault lines
What geologic feature is a fracture in earth's crust?
A place where two tectonic plates meet is a fracture in the Earth.
Why do oceanic plates and a continental plates meet?
they bang
