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Plates at our planet's surface move because of the intense heat in the Earth's core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move.
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Two continental plates may collide and cause?
Emergence of highlands such as mountain ranges.
If three tectonic plates meet in the same place what happens?
This is called a "triple junction" and may include transform faults, ridges, or trenches. Subduction is not as straightforward as where just two plates meet. although a pair may move in the same direction relative to the third plate.
What are convergent divergent and transform boundaries?
Boundaries, or faults, are locations on the edges of plates, crustal masses that are very slowly moving atop the convective outer mantle (asthenosphere).At convergent boundaries, two crustal masses (plates) are pushing into each other. This can result in subduction, so may be a destructive boundary.At divergent boundaries, two masses of rock are pulling away from each other. This can be a constructive boundary when it produces rifting and seafloor spreading.At transform boundaries, or transform faults, rock masses move past one another. These are known as conservativeboundaries because crust is neither destroyed or created.(these can cause earthquakes when accumulated strain is released)
How do to use tectonic plates in a sentence?
A long section of tectonic plates under California means the State experiences small earthquakes every day.The tectonic plates under Mount Everest produced a 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in May 2015.Scientists know that as tectonic plates pass move by each other, it causes major upheaval underground which causes an earthquake.
Where Earth's plates move they may slide alongside one another pull apart or?
I am going to make this easy. The answer is DIVIDE!
What are three processes may cause tectonic plates to move move?
I'm sure it convection,slabpull,and ridge pull ~*
Is the motion of lithospheric plates a major cause of earthquakes?
It is the main cause of earthquakes. However you may get minor earthquakes due to volcanic activity or mass wasting events.
How does a earthquakes place affect tsunamis?
when the techtonic plates move, they can make an earthquake, that then may trigger techtonic plates to move and begin waves that become a tsunami
Do tectonic plates movements happen at the same time?
When two plates next to each other move, they may move at the same time -- for example, if one plate is sliding over another, the other plate could be tilting or sinking. What's more likely to happen, though, is that the pressure will cause one of the plates to break or shift at a weak point -- a fault, for example. So a piece of the plate may move, while most of it doesn't.
Plates may move because of this type of movement in the mantle?
mantle
Which hypothesis do many think may explain the great force needed to move plates?
Heat from inside the Earth creates the energy to move plates using convection
Two continental plates may collide and cause?
Emergence of highlands such as mountain ranges.
Plate tectonics may affect organic evolution because movement of plates may cause a change in .?
climate
Plate tectonics may affect organic evolution because movement of plates may cause a change in?
climate
How does earthquakes change the surface of the earth?
I am not 100% sure but it may be that the plates may move forming a new mountain or land mass
Tectonic plates forming a transform boundary may move only a few centimeters each year can even this small movement affect people and communities living near a transform boundary?
When tectonic plates slide past each other, the movement may cause earthquakes, which might injure people or damage property in a community.
What is the ab machine where you move plates?
You may be referring to an "abdominal isolator". Please see the related link for an example.
