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no they jam into each other and create earthquakes
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What are three ways tectonic plates interact with each other?
When plates slide past each other, move toward each other, and move away from each other.
How do the plates move to form volcanoes?
The tectonic plates move divergent when they move away from each other, convergent when they are colliding with each other, and trasform when they slide past each other.
What are three ways plates can move in relation to one another?
Plates either move towards each other (convergent plates), away from each other (divergent plates) or slide next to each other (transform plates).
What happen as earth's plates move away from each other?
When earths plates move away from each other ( separate ) Volcanoes form.
What do tectonic plates move?
Tectonic Plates move by trying to push past each other and by trying to slide past each other.
What are the three types of plate tectonic boundries?
divergent (plates move away from each other), convergent --->
What are active zones?
It where to plates rub past each other; move away from each other; or move towards each other.
What is it called when two plates move away from each other?
When two plates move away from each other it makes a falt line or a riffed. -bekahcboo
What are three types of faults and how are they diffrent?
Transverse - Plates move side by side Convergent - Plates move towards each other, usually one gets subducted. Divergent - Plates move away from each other.
What do plates do at divergent plate boundaries?
plates move away from each other.
How do convergent move?
They Move Towards Each Other because of the Plates.
How do plates move where convection are sinking?
They move towards each other.
