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Why is San Francisco at risk from earthquakes and also can you explain the type of plate boundary and movement and include the basic theory of plate tectonics?
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∙ 12y ago
The reason why San Francisco and the Bay area are at risk from powerful earthquakes is because of the San Andreas Fault.also, the two tectonic plates, are the pacific plate and the American plate.
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What theory explains the movement of pieces of earths surface?
theory of plate tectonics
What is the movement of large segments of the earth's crust?
avalanches um............no sorry their called EARTHQUAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Describe the theory of plate tectonics?
The theory of plate tectonics is that all the continents were once together in a land mass called Pangea and that plate tectonics(which means the earth moved ex earthquakes) moved the continents to the way they are today
What branch of science studies earthquakes?
Seismology is an Earth Science that studies earthquakes and the movement of waves through the Earth. It includes the study of tsunamis, volcanos and plate tectonics. You can read more about Seismology and Earth Sciences at the links provided below.
What fault line caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
it was caused by the two plates in the earth that hit each other
What theory explains the movement of pieces of earths surface?
theory of plate tectonics
What does the theroy of plate tectonics explain?
it explains y there is volcanoes, earthquakes, and the movement of the continents
How are earthquakes and volcanoes related to the theory of the plate tectonics?
They are both caused by movement of tectonic plates.
What are some plate movement effects?
The movement of plate tectonics can result in earthquakes, tsunamis, mountain building, volcanic activity, and oceanic trenches.
What is the most frequant cause of rocks breaking apart?
Probably, earthquakes or volcanic activity. Or the movement of plate tectonics.
How does movement in tectonic plates cause deformation in rocks?
the plate tectonics can have contact with one another and cause earthquakes, and tsunami's
How does the movement of tectonic plates cause deformation in rocks?
the plate tectonics can have contact with one another and cause earthquakes, and tsunami's
What are the similarities between the Haitian earthquake and San Francisco earthquake?
Both of these earthquakes occurred due to movement on a transform fault. In the San Francisco earthquakes, this movement occurred on the San Andereas fault and in Haiti this was caused by movement on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault.
What is the movement of large segments of the earth's crust?
avalanches um............no sorry their called EARTHQUAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Describe the theory of plate tectonics?
The theory of plate tectonics is that all the continents were once together in a land mass called Pangea and that plate tectonics(which means the earth moved ex earthquakes) moved the continents to the way they are today
What branch of science studies earthquakes?
Seismology is an Earth Science that studies earthquakes and the movement of waves through the Earth. It includes the study of tsunamis, volcanos and plate tectonics. You can read more about Seismology and Earth Sciences at the links provided below.
How can studying plate tectonics and observing that earthquakes occur along these plate boundaries help people?
Studying plate tectonics and observing that earthquakes occur along these plates can help people so they have a better understanding of why earthquakes happen and how we can try and predict when one will happen by looking at past earthquakes to find out how they occured and which plate boundaries they occured to try and predict when and if one will happen again (also by looking at the movement of the plates).
