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Is it true or false that volcanoes happen when moving plates strain against each other and one plate suddenly gives away?
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∙ 9y ago
False. When plates give way in this manner the result is an earthquake. Volcanoes are produced by different but related processes.
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How high does it have to be on the Richter scale to cause a volcano eruption?
Earthquakes do not cause volcanoes. However, magma moving to the surface rapidly can produce tremors. Volcanoes can cause earthquakes, but not vise-versa.
Why doesn't Minnesota have major earthquakes or volcanoes?
because there is no tectonic plate under Minnesota, no plates are ever moving over MN, thus making it hard to get an earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur @ the edge of 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.
What causes the formation of the Ring of Fire?
Volcanoes around the Ring of Fire occur mainly where moving plates collide
Why do most earthquakes happen?
earth quakes happen because of the fault line. Underneath the suface the plate are moving
Why did earthquakes and volcanoes happen?
Tectonic Plates are moving in all directions...
When riding a horse the horse suddenly stops and you fly over its head Why does this happen in physics?
Because of inertia. Things that are moving likes to keep moving.
How can mt kilauea minimize the risk of population?
by moving the people and their belongings further away from the volcanoes so their houses will not be destroyed by the lava eruptions that happen
What is the motion of transform volcanoes?
moving or shaky
What is the relationship between volcanoes and Earth's moving plates?
When the plates collide they form volcanoes and earthquakes.
What will happen if earth suddenly stop revolving around the sun?
It would probably crash into the sun because when its not moving it might get sucked into the sun.
How do volcanoes affect the origins of the seas?
by moving the ground
What happen if a fielder stops the fast moving ball suddenly?
the fielder would break down and the ball would fly into their face. the obviously too much chocolate silly fielder
What would happen is the moon stop?
It won't; a moving object has the object to continue moving. If one day the Moon mysteriously and suddenly stopped moving around Earth, it would fall upon the Earth pretty soon (in a few days), due to Earth's gravity.
Why does an earthquake zone have earthquakes if no volcanoes are there?
Volcanoes are not the primary cause of earthquakes. Most earthquakes result from the stresses created by tectonic plates moving past or against one another. At transform boundaries there is no mechanism to produce volcanoes, but the movement of the plates will still cause earthquakes. Stresses within a plate can also cause earthquakes.
Are most volcanoes on land caused by the Earth's 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.
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.
