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when can plates move without forming new land
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Can plates ever move ever without forming new land?
YES!
How does earthquakes change the surface of the earth?
I am not 100% sure but it may be that the plates may move forming a new mountain or land mass
How does plate movement change land?
land is on plates plates move so does land techtonic plates
How does the movement of earths plates cause earthquakes?
The plates rub together causing the rocks to move and it causes the ground to shake forming an earthquake. The more the plates move, the bigger the earthquake number.
When plates of the earth move apart scientists says they?
It's simple, when the plates collide, the crust of the earth wrinkles forming mountains.
How does an earthquake change the earth's surface?
It moves the suface of the Earth one of two ways 1. the plates colide or 2. one moves on top of the other i.e. mountains
How do tectonic plates affect the earth?
If plates move enough continents will lose more land under the water and people will have to move
What happens to plates as they move away from the mid ocean ridge?
Plates of the earth's crust are moving away from each other, forming an extensive system of fractures and faults.
What is the plates under the ocean?
Techtonic plates move under the earth moving land and water.
Are any mountain forming today?
mountains form as tectonic plates ( plates that constantly move under ground) collide and shoot upward, so yes.
How far do the plates move across the surface of the earth?
A few inches to cause mountains and volcanos to erupted And that would be caused by the tectonic plates to slightly move and create land forms and can destroy land form
What constructive force is anything that causes the land to move?
teck tonic plates
