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What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What is a tectonic plate boundary?
A tectonic plate boundary is a region where two tectonic plates meet. These boundaries can be convergent (plates move towards each other), divergent (plates move away from each other), or transform (plates slide past each other horizontally). The interactions at these boundaries are responsible for earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountain ranges.
What is Another Name For The Plates That Move Around?
If you mean for the plates that are the earth's crust they are called 'Tectonic Plates'.
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called tectonic plates. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below and interact with one another at plate boundaries, where most earthquakes and volcanic activity occur.
What is another word for tectonic plates?
moving plates
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What is a tectonic plate boundary?
A tectonic plate boundary is a region where two tectonic plates meet. These boundaries can be convergent (plates move towards each other), divergent (plates move away from each other), or transform (plates slide past each other horizontally). The interactions at these boundaries are responsible for earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountain ranges.
What is on the ocean floor if the tectonic plates are moving towards each other?
a trench
What causes colliding plates?
tectonic movement can cause tectonic plates to collide, drift apart, or slide across one another
What is Another Name For The Plates That Move Around?
If you mean for the plates that are the earth's crust they are called 'Tectonic Plates'.
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
How can people map tectonic plates?
The earth's tectonic plates are always moveing. So the movement of the plates creates earthquakes and when they separate lets lava spill out and dry. Scientists can locate these movements over hundreds of years and form kind of like a child's game, connect the dots. But just the ones within about 10 to 20 miles.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called tectonic plates. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below and interact with one another at plate boundaries, where most earthquakes and volcanic activity occur.
What triggers the earthquake?
Earth is made up of many tectonic plates. When these plates shift, earthquakes happen. The tectonic plates are always moving, but most of the earthquakes are tremors (depends on how close you are to the place the tectonic plates are shifting).
What is the meaning of subducation zone?
A subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates move towards one another and subduction occurs. Subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate, sinking into the Earth's crust, as the plates converge
When 2 tectonic plates move towards one another the boundary between them is called?
Tectonic plates are the plates that move underground and cause volcanoes - I hope this answers your question. Z
