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What features of the earth have been formed by tectonic activity?
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There are multiple types of tectonic activity, first, the earth's plates can come together, creating a CONVERGENT boundary. This forces the plates to come together, and continue rising higher above each other until a mountain/mountain ridge form.
The second type is a DIVERGENT boundary. This is the case when the plates shift apart instead of together. This causes great rifts on the earth's surface, most of which are found at the bottom of the ocean. These are called trenches or Mid-ocean ridges.
Finally, the plates can collide and stay flat, though just shift off center. This causes a fault line to develop. These sites are prone to earthquakes.
* features such as mountain ranges, areas of volcanic activity hot springs etc, rift valleys, mid ocean ridges, oceanic trenches
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Earthquake foci can be used to mark the boundries of what earth features?
tectonic plates.
Most of the geological activity at the surface of earth takes place at boundaries between?
tectonic plates
In what ways are tectonic plates responsible for building features on the earth's surface?
Tectonic plates, in and of themselves, are not responsible for building many of the features we see on the Earth's surface, such as mountain chains, rift valleys, and escarpments. The underlying forces creating these features we see in the Earth's crust are gravity and heat, part of the all-encompassing theory of plate tectonics. It is the collision, scraping, stretching, folding, uplift, and volcanism that accompanies the movement of the lithospheric plates that causes these surface features.
What does tectonic movement affect the earth?
The movement of tectonic plates has created all of the continents by moving apart. Mountain ranges were formed by the plates running into each other.
What theory explains the movement of Earth's upper layer?
The tectonic plate theory accounts for most, if not all, surface geological activity.
What are five features of the earth's surface that are formed by plate tectonic movement?
I'm sorry but i only know 2 canada and australia
How is a mountain formed on Earth?
A mountain is formed when a subterranean plate (tectonic plate) in the earth pushes up through the mantle and crust as a result of two plates colliding or the pressure of molten rock. it can also be formed by volcanic activity.
Which of Earth's layers features tectonic plates?
The lithosphere.
How is the earth quake formed?
two tectonic plates colide
How do scarps on Mercury differ from geological faults on Earth?
Scarps are thought to have been formed when the planet's iron core cooled and contracted, causing the crust to crack. Faults on Earth are the result of tectonic activity.
Why is Earth the only planet in the solar system that has plate tectonic activity?
It isn't.
Earth's tectonic activity is a significant factor that made life on Earth possible because the movement of Earth's crustal plates affects?
is affected by volcanic activity and the atmosphere.
Do tectonic plates seems to have had the most earthquakes activity?
No. Everything on earth is on at least one tectonic plate. It is the boundaries between different plates that see the most earthquake activity.
Earthquake foci can be used to mark the boundries of what earth features?
tectonic plates.
How plate tectonic results in the development of earth's major geologic features?
No movement
Does Uranus have tectonic plate activity?
No. Earth is the only known planet with plate tectonics.
What happens if the moon stops going around the earth?
Tidal and tectonic activity will cease. Volcanic activity will increase and the earth will eventually look like Venus.
