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What process causes mountains to be built?
converging plate boundaries
What is the force that causes plates to move sideways past each other?
Tension is the force that causes plates to move sideways past each other. This can cause built up stress that releases suddenly and causes earthquakes.
What does an earthquake do to the lithosphere?
An earthquake dissipates energy that has been built up in the lithosphere. This energy builds up due to the movement of the earth's tectonic plates. Where two tectonic plates interact (especially at collision or strike slip boundaries), the plates can become locked. This causes the lithosphere at these points to begin to deform causing a build of energy in the form of elastic strain. When the stress exceeds the strength of the rockmass, there is a sudden release of all the stored energy due to the occurrence of brittle failure where a fracture (or fault) is able to propagate through the material.
Why is there high pressure in the mantle?
If you imagine the world as a kettle of boiling water, standing on a lit gas ring. While the steam escapes through the spout, all is well. But if the spout and lid was to become blocked, the steam would create a growing pressure inside the kettle. Eventually, the kettle would burst and the pressure is suddenly released. A bursting kettle is like an erupting volcano, releasing some of the pressure that had built up below the mantle.
What is an EF4 tornado?
The Enhanced Fujita Scale is a system of rating tornadoes based on damage. It goes from EF0 to EF5. EF4 is the second strongest category on the scale, with estimated winds of 166 to 200 mph. An EF4 tornado causes devastating damage. Trees are stripped of their bark and well-built houses are leveled. Houses that are not well-built may be swept away.
How is crust different than mantle?
The crust is the ground that people have built the building and have grown the trees on. The mantle on the other hand is way down into the earth. It has the magma and gasses and other material in it. The difference is that we can not stand on the mantle or we will burn. the crust is the outer layer of the earth, while the mantle is inside near the core.
How does an earthquakes cause each of these types of damage?
Earthquakes cause direct damage when the seismic disturbance weakens and collapses buildings and other infrastructures not built to withstand the tremors. This often causes great loss of life. Other damage caused by earthquakes results from landslides, mudslides, avalanches, fires, soil liquefaction and tsunamis.
How does an earthquake cause each of these types of damage?
Earthquakes cause direct damage when the seismic disturbance weakens and collapses buildings and other infrastructures not built to withstand the tremors. This often causes great loss of life. Other damage caused by earthquakes results from landslides, mudslides, avalanches, fires, soil liquefaction and tsunamis.
What are the causes of the Berlin Wall being built?
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How do you build a safe and easy rabbit hutch for your rabbit?
I would suggest you buy a "built it" kit from a pet store and mantle it yourself.
What are the causes for Mount Etna to errupt?
the pressure built up, and it erupted?
Which tribe built the machu picchu and what were its causes of downfall?
I have no idea i was asking you
What process causes mountains to be built?
converging plate boundaries
Why are railway stations built on a curve?
Because it is really hot and that causes it to bend.
How does island arcs form?
and island arc is formed by undersea volcanoes. built over time, and island arc is made of basalt and melted rock from the mantle.
What was the Apcolypse that Hitler built?
Adolf Hitler causes the holocaust, which could be considered an apcolypse.
What are Conflicts built upon?
they arebuilt apon different view points and opinions. that causes conflicts.
