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Tectonic plates are formed when a new crust is created ,it forms what looks like giant plates. One side of the plate is where new crust is being made, while the other side is where older crust is being destroyed.These plates only move from 5-10 cm a year.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoWhen 2 plates move away from one another (as in the case of a constructive plate boundary), magma from the underlying mantle rises to the surface where it cools and solidifies along the fault. At times, fissures along the plate boundary/fault lines allow the magma to continue rising upwards and cool on the plate surface, forming layers of rock which heap onto one another, eventually resulting in the formation of a volcano over time. The shape of the volcano slope is determined by the viscosity of the lava which emerges from the mantle beneath the crust.
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∙ 15y agotectonic plates don't form at plate boundaries plate boundaries are the ends of tectonic plates
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∙ 13y agoLand moves in diffrent directions, land is pulled up and in other places pulled down.
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∙ 11y agobecause the magama beneath makes a crack on the plates
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∙ 12y agoAt the places where the tectonic plates crack, the hot lava erupts out and when it cools, it forms rocks.
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∙ 11y agothey create landforms and earthquakes by smashing into eachother an example of this is the himilayas
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∙ 12y agothey form the 7 continents in this case.
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Are volcanoes formed when tectonic plates are moving?
When the tectonic plates cause earthquake, it creates a crater in earth. This opening can lead to a volcano.
When did Hawaii geographically become an island?
When it was formed by the movement of tectonic plates as a volcanic island.
The African landform that was probably formed when two tectonic plates moved apart is the?
The African landform that was most likely formed when two tectonic plates moved apart is known as the Great Rift Valley. That is what most geography experts agree is what happened.
What layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates and what layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
How was mount ossa formed?
tectonic plates
How are fault line formed?
by tectonic plates
How are folded lmestone islands formed?
they are formed when the tectonic plates are shifted
How are montains formed?
Tectonic plates pushing together.
What is formed when tectonic plates separate?
a divergent boundary
When was little st simons island formed?
formed by movment of tectonic plates
How can mountains be formed by folding?
the mountains formed by folding cause of tectonic plates
Are volcanoes formed when tectonic plates are moving?
When the tectonic plates cause earthquake, it creates a crater in earth. This opening can lead to a volcano.
How is the earth quake formed?
two tectonic plates colide
How deep trenches are formed?
Deep-ocean trenches are formed where seafloor tectonic plates subduct under continental plates.
Do tectonic plates make caves?
Caves are formed in many ways but mostly by chemical weathering of the surface rock. Tectonic plates on the other hand are huge slabs of rock that form the Earth's crust. Caves are not formed by tectonic plates, think of caves as tiny boreholes in the very surface of a tectonic plate. I agree
What causes plateaus to form?
Mountains and Plateaus are formed when tectonic plates collide with one another. The Himalayas were formed and are still growing as the two tectonic plates they sit on are still pushing on one another.
