Hmm... depends on what kind. that is a broad subject.
there are different kinds of faults. transform faults, diverging plates, and converging plates. converging comes together and creates trenches. diverging plates pull apart and created the mid ocean rift. transform faults are breaks in the boundaries that are caused by a sliding movement. there are two kinds of crusts. Oceanic Crust and Continental crust. Oceanic=in the ocean
continental=on land
here is a good example of plate tectonics, i just had to explain all that stuff.
Subduction is when converging plates come together. they make a trench by one plate sliding under the other and into the mantle. this is an ongoing process, so, think of a conveyer belt. the oceanic crust plate that is sliding under the other and into the mantle keeps going into the mantle, it does not stop.
also, Google the mid-ocean ridge for more on diverging plate boundaries ;)
Mountains: the plates are pushing together. An abyss (like in Finding Nemo): one plate moves over another and the one pushed down goes so deep as to melt into the mantle of the Earth. Volcanoes: When plates pull apart, the hot liquid (magma, lava, etc) comes up out of the center of the Earth and erupts onto the surface. Earthquakes: The plates are grinding against each other (usually in opposite directions).
Any land forms containing Earth's rock is a part of the lithosphere. Examples: volcanoes, mountains, the ground, glaciers, ice caps, hills, plateaus, valleys, canyons, etc.
1.Conservtive
2.Constructive
earthquakes
Su
Sea floor spreading
an earthquake
yes plate tectonics are flat
plate tectonics
No plate tectonics on Mars
Sea floor spreading
plate tectonics=D
Volcanoes don't help plate tectonics; volcanoes are the result of plate tectonics.
Plate tectonics
the crust cracks and magma fills in the space
an earthquake
yes plate tectonics are flat
plate tectonics
Geophysicists, Seismologists, Geomorphologists and Palaeontologists are some examples of scientists who's work involves or is affected by the theory of plate tectonics.
No plate tectonics on Mars
plate tectonics
Plate tectonics is the geologic theory that the Earth's crust is made up of rigid plates. Some examples of tectonic plates are the African Plate, the Antarctic Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the Pacific Plate.