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Why don't we feel the ground moving as the plates of the lithosphere move around?
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∙ 13y ago
The earth moves too slowly most of the time for people to feel it. When it moves quickly, we call that an earthquake.
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∙ 8y ago
Janariah Carter
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∙ 12y agoThe movement is so small every year we cant feel it. Except when there is an earthquake!
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∙ 15y agoWe dont feel tectonic plates in England because we are so far away from the plates. As you can see from this picture. The major earthquakes are in whats known the ring of fire where there are fires and most houses are destroyed.
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∙ 7y agoBecause we're moving at the same speed as the planet ! Standing on the surface, we move at the same speed the Earth rotates. We're also moving through space at the same speed the Earth revolves around the sun. Therefore - we don't feel the movement of the Earth.
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∙ 11y agoIt is because of the constant speed of the earth as it moves.
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∙ 13y agoBecause we're used to it. It's like if you're on a treadmill and you then step off the ground feels different.
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∙ 7y agoThere is no way to feel movement. You can only feel changes in movement (acceleration). Earth, when spinning or orbiting the Sun, makes no sudden changes.
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cause they move so little u cant feel them only earthquakes
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What direction does the ground surface move during an earthquake?
The Earth moves in response to tectonic forces which move the plates around, causing friction and the release of friction between adjoining plates, the creation of mountains, and the subduction and creation of crust. All of these movements can result in earthquakes.
Is Greenland moving farther away from France?
Greenland sits on the North American tectonic plate, and France sits on the Eurasian plate. These are two large fragments of the Earth's crust (or the lithosphere to be more correct). All plates are constantly moving, and there is a general drift caused by the circulation of heat in the mantle (or asthenosphere). The general trend currently is for the North American and Eurasian plates to move away from each other, the line along which this movement happens is marked by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. So, Greenland is moving away from France, but only by a few millimetres per year.
How does the base isolation system work?
This is when a building is separated from the ground that it is built on by large plates. One plate is secured to the ground and the other is secured to the bottom of the building. These plates move a certain distance when the ground shakes.
What forms at a divergent boundary?
As a result of tectonic plates that are moving from each other, the divergent boundaries form rifts, clift valleys or volcanic islands. My gf when we were talking on [dream marriage] also mentioned that those volcanic islands occur when plates move apart to produce gaps which molten lava rises to fill.
Why is this movement often described as horizontal sliding or science?
because Two plates are moving side by side
What are enormous moving pieces of the earth lithosphere called?
Tectonic plates
Are tectonic plates on the lithosphere?
no they are on the ground that everything, you, the buildings and all the cars stand on.
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
What is the name of the outer layer of our planet that is broken up into a number of moving plates?
The Lithosphere.
What are lithosphere plates and how are lithosphere plates related to earthquakes?
they are related by,they are plates
I am part of lithosphere but you move around on top of the asthenosphere?
The answer is Tectonic Plates
What do you call the moving irregularly shaped slabs that make up the earths lithosphere?
Tectonic plates.
What do you call the moving irregularly shape slabs that make up the Earths lithosphere?
Tectonic plates.
What happens in asthenosphere?
It's where the plates of the lithosphere move around on, the plastic like layer of the asthenosphere. the plates move around on these
What is composed of oceanic or continental crust and upper mantle?
The crust and upper mantle consist of hard rocks which form the moving plates of the outer layer of Earth.
Large pieces of the lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere are called?
large pieces of the lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere are called Tectonic Plates.
What are the large pieces of the lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere called?
Tectonic plates
