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Tectonic plates are frequently moved around by the layers of magma beneath them. Their movements are very unpredictable, but we do know that they cause volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. The cause is really the currents of the magma that move the plates around.
the mantle comes up and fills the gap and make another plate or combines the two plates
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What are the names of the two plates that separate to form the North Atlantic Ridge?
The North American and Eurasian plates separate to form the North Atlantic Ridge.
What two plates dose San Andreas fault separate?
It is the boundary between the North American and Pacific lithospheric plates.
What landform is created when plates separate?
When plates separate, new crust comes up to take it's place.
When two plates rub against each what might the results be?
When two plates rub against each other, the resulting can be an earthquake. It can cause mass destruction on earth.
Two continental plates may collide and cause?
Emergence of highlands such as mountain ranges.
Volcano comes when two plates join or when two plates separate?
nothing happeneds
What are seperating plates?
when two plates separate magma rises and cools to form a volcano
What are the names of the two plates that separate to form the North Atlantic Ridge?
The North American and Eurasian plates separate to form the North Atlantic Ridge.
What is meaning of laminate?
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated., To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates., To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling., To separate into laminae.
What two plates cause most of Alaska's earthquakes?
The Pacific and North American plates cause most of Alaska's earthquakes.
What two plates dose San Andreas fault separate?
It is the boundary between the North American and Pacific lithospheric plates.
Cause and effect of volcano?
Global Warming can be an effect of a volcano, and the cause is two tectonic plates rubbing together.Global Warming can be an effect of a volcano, and the cause is two tectonic plates rubbing together.
What to plates cause the volcano arenal?
what plates are causing the arenal volcano to from
What happens when plates separate from each other?
Ridges, called spreading centers, happen where two plates move away from each other. As the plates separate, molten mantle material (magma/melted rock) flows up to fill the void.
Can tree roots cause earthquakes?
No. Earthquakes are generally caused by the rubbing of two plates (tectonic plates).
What is the Great Rift Valley of East Africa an excellent example of?
The spreading of plates from a divergent boundary that divides an existing landmass into two separate plates.
Where two of the earth's plates meet in California movement of these plates can cause and earthquake?
The San-Andreas fault line.
