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Tectonic plates are large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact at their boundaries, leading to various geological processes. Their movement can cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the formation of mountain ranges as plates collide, separate, or slide past one another. These interactions continuously reshape the Earth's surface, creating new landforms and altering existing ones over geological time. As a result, tectonic activity is a fundamental driver of the dynamic nature of our planet's surface.
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Is mount novarupta responsible for any of earths surface changes?
is mount novarupta responsible for any of earths surface changes
The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
Tectonic plates are present on the earths surface because what?
If we didn't have tectonic plates nothing would be living. We would have been burnt by the moulten lava
What is the slowest to change earths surface?
The slowest-changing feature on Earth's surface is likely its tectonic plates, which move at a rate of a few centimeters per year. This movement can result in slow changes in topography and the creation of mountains or ocean basins over millions of years.
Which changes occur in the composition of the earths layers from the surface to the core?
material is hotter and denser
What forces below earth surface shape landforms?
The tectonic plates below earths surface shape earths landforms
What causes earths changes to earths landforms?
the tectonic platesthe tectonic plates can be move to be far and near to each other
Is mount novarupta responsible for any of earths surface changes?
is mount novarupta responsible for any of earths surface changes
Why you have an earthquake?
the tectonic plates are shifting under the earths surface.
What moves the ocean floor?
the tectonic plates under the earths surface
What are most earthquakes cause by?
moving tectonic plates on earths surface
Do tectonic plates cover the earths entire surface?
94% of the earth. yes
What gradually changes earths surface?
an earthquake
The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
What processes do scientist infer to have shaped earths surface in the past?
The shifting of Tectonic Plates.
How do covergent boundary plates affect earths surface?
The tectonic plates combined together
Is earths surface stable and stationary now?
No, Earth's surface is constantly changing due to processes like erosion, tectonic plate movement, volcanic activity, and weathering. However, these changes are usually gradual and not noticeable on human timescales.
