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What is the force that causes plates to move sideways past each other?
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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.
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What is the fault between two plates moving sideways past each other called?
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What is a type of faults that causes earthquakes?
The earth's crust is divided into many plates. When these plates push against each other very hard, one of the plates overlap another. This causes earthquakes.
What happens when plates slip past each other at transform boundaries?
When plates rub against each other in any direction, it causes an earthquake.
How are earthquakes related to faults?
Earthquakes happen when the force of two tectonic plates become so strong it causes stress. Theses plates then smash into each other causing the rumbling that we feel on earth's surface. The rumbling is felt along the fault line, which is the area where two plates meet.
What happens when two plates are moving horizontally past each other?
it causes earthquakes!
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.
Force involved when plates move past each other sideways?
the answer is tension
The force that causes rocks to break as plates rub past each other is called what?
The force that causes rocks to break as plates rub past each other is called shear stress. This stress leads to the formation of faults and the subsequent release of energy in the form of earthquakes.
The places between plates that are passing each other sideways are called what?
Faults.
What is the fault between two plates moving sideways past each other called?
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What are the places between plates that are passing each other sideways called?
Faults Boundary. Eg Transform fault.
Can earthquakes cause volcano erruptions?
Earthquakes can cause volcanos to errupt by the plates moving and crashing into one other which creates an earthquake(when plates collide it causs an earthquake) so the force of the earthquake causes a volcano erruption.
What is a type of faults that causes earthquakes?
The earth's crust is divided into many plates. When these plates push against each other very hard, one of the plates overlap another. This causes earthquakes.
What force pulls tectonic plates toward each other?
COMPRESSION
What does an earthquake's intensity primarily depend on?
The Intensity of an earthquake primarily depends on the force the earths plates collide against each other (the heavier plate would go down wards {oceanic plates} and the lighter plates {the Continental plates} go up up wards) , and that vibrations cause a earthquake.
How does earthquake causes?
Tectonic plates shifting or colliding with each other
What causes the damage of earthquakes?
earths plates scraping each other
