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What is the structure of most tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates fit together like a jigsaw puzzel that makes up the earth.
How did scientist find out about pangaea?
The shape of the continents and how they fit together like puzzle pieces, the tectonic plates.
What does tectonic hazards mean?
tectonic hazards are where two plates rub together
Can your give me a sentence using the words tectonic plates?
The tectonic plates slide together, causing an earthquake to erupt across the southern part of the state.
How does earthquake occur?
Earthquakes are caused when pressure builds up as two tectonic plates move together. As the pressure is released, an earthquake is produced.
What is the structure of most tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates fit together like a jigsaw puzzel that makes up the earth.
How did scientist find out about pangaea?
The shape of the continents and how they fit together like puzzle pieces, the tectonic plates.
What are the differences between plate tectonic and tectonic plates?
Converging plates come together. They converge together. Diverging plates come apart.
How do the tectonic plates differ from the time in Pangaea?
Tectonic Plates seperate what are now called Continents. Pangea was a time when all of the continents were together. The prediction came when scientist realized that Africa and South America fit together very well.
What word has the definition tectonic plates push together?
When tectonic plates push together, they converge, forming a convergent boundary.
What kind of boundary do tectonic plates move together?
A convergent boundary is where plates move together.
Where do plates come together?
The place where tectonic plates come together is named an Destructive Boundary
What does tectonic hazards mean?
tectonic hazards are where two plates rub together
How are montains formed?
Tectonic plates pushing together.
Why are most of the earthquakes and volcanoes located at the border of the tectonic plates?
Beacause plates, at tectonic, boundaries shift against each other.
How do covergent boundary plates affect earths surface?
The tectonic plates combined together
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
