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Spredading of tectonic plates causes Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanic erruptions, etc.
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Can volcanoes be cause by spreading tectonic plates?
no
How might geologic events such as the movement of tectonic plates affect the environment where species live?
Movement of tectonic plates can cause seafloor spreading and reversal of Earth's magnetic field, which can affect the organisms that are not adapted to the geological enviroment.
What was the cause of Japanese earthquake?
Tectonic plates that slipped.
What causes colliding plates?
tectonic movement can cause tectonic plates to collide, drift apart, or slide across one another
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.
Can volcanoes be cause by spreading tectonic plates?
no
Is it true that when tectonic plates slide past each other they create a spreading of an ocean?
No. When tectonic plates move away from each other they can cause an ocean to spread.
What way do tectonic plates move to form islands?
By tectonic plates spreading across from which was first known as Pangaea is now spreading more and more out which forms more tectonic islands!
How sea floor spreading provide evidence for tectonic plates?
by the plate tectonic and the ocean bridges
How might geologic events such as the movement of tectonic plates affect the environment where species live?
Movement of tectonic plates can cause seafloor spreading and reversal of Earth's magnetic field, which can affect the organisms that are not adapted to the geological enviroment.
What causes openings in the surface of the earth?
The shifting of tectonic plates which cause sea-floor spreading which is located in mid-ocean ridges.
What provides the most evidence for the theory of plates tectonic?
The spreading of the sea floor.
What are underground plates called?
sliding,seperating,and colliding plates and tectonic plate . Tectonic plates are the one which cause earthquakes
Do convection current in oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
How do tectonic plates cause contenitial drift?
Because tectonic plates move, therefore if the continent is on it, it moves with it!
Do convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
How does the movement of tectonic plates and continents relate?
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
