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Tectonic plates are the remnants of the complete surface of the earth when it was much smaller around 200 million years ago. Since then, the earth has grown at an accelerated rate. New planetary mass is ejected from the core, driving new planetary mass through the mantle at the mid-ocean rifts driving growth. This action is constantly separating each of the original continental tectonic plates farther away from every other plate every year.
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Why organism need energy?
To carry out photosynthesis.Every and each animal depend on this energy
What will a streak plate with two species of bacteria look like?
A streak plate, with 2 species of bacteria, will show the bacteria in straight lines. Each species of bacteria will be separate from the other.
Does each egg and sperm contain different collection of genes?
Yes - they each carry half the genes needed to make a complete zygote.
What is the structure of an epiphyseal plate?
The epiphyseal disk is the growth plate in long bones that is found between the two epiphyses and the diaphysis. This is a space that remains as long as a person is growing. When growth is completed, the epiphyses and the diaphysis meet and fuse forming a line.
What is bone marrow edema cervical spine?
The bone marrow is just the slippery gel that is between each plate to help it turn, bend, and move
What isn't a tectonic plate boundary?
Any area where two or more tectonic plates do not touch each other is a not a tectonic plate boundary.
Is North American tectonic plate on top of South American tectonic plate?
No. They each occupy their own space.
What is always characteristic of a tectonic plate?
Tectonic plates are comprised of crust and some mantle materialadd. And the whole of the plate tends to travel as one. And each plate has discrete boundaries.
How can a folded mountain happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
The tectonic plate boundaries come together and push up on each other to form mountains.
Where plates tectonics move past each other?
At tectonic plate boundaries, earthquake zones, and the edges of tectonic plates.
Why can you have earthquakes and volcanoes when you are not at the edge of a tectonic plate?
Because an earthquake happens when 2 tectonic plates hit each other.
What type of plate has plates sliding past each other?
The tectonic plates
What tectonic plate caused Christchurch's earthquakes?
there tectonic plates under the water. so when the tectonic plates are moved or hit each other means there will be an earthquake.
Which two tectonic plates are moving away from each other fastest?
The Nazca plate and the Cocos (pacific) plate.
Why do earthquakes occur along north America's pacific coast?
There are more earthquakes in the west coast because the west coast of America is adjacent to a destructive tectonic plate margin and this means that there is more crustal movement/stress there. Also, there is oceans there which causes an erosion.
What is true about the depth of earthquakes and the location of tectonic plate boundaries?
there are 7 tectonic plates 1 under each continent. if these plates crash or shift near the core under a volcano below / above sea level the eurasian plate would crash into the african one the south american plate will be affected and the world would colapse leading to earthquakes and volcanic erruptions in short the end of the world.
What is a plate called that slide past each other?
I believe that you are thinking of tectonic plates.
