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Where are most active volcanoes abundant?
Edges of tectonic plates
Why are volcanoes usually found on edges of tectonic plates?
because they form from earthquakes
Can tectonic plates split in half?
Tectonic plates can split apart at their boundaries, known as divergent boundaries, where new crust is formed. However, tectonic plates do not split in half as a whole; instead, they interact along their edges at various types of plate boundaries.
What region of the earth contains tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates are found all over the Earth's surface, but they are most prominent along the boundaries of continents and oceans. These boundaries form the edges of the plates where they interact, leading to geological events like earthquakes and volcanic activity.
How do hot spots help track tectonic plates?
The hot spots occur around the edges of tectonic plates as they grind, move or slide past each other. One plate will be pushed down into the mantle and heats up. This creates molten rock and forces capable of forming volcanoes. Mark the sites of volcanoes and the edges of the plates can be mapped.
Why do earthquakes usually occur plate boundaries?
Earthquakes are usually happen along the edges of the tectonic plates and are caused by the plates hitting together.
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
A __ is where edges of tectonic plates meet?
plate boundary
Where are most active volcanoes abundant?
Edges of tectonic plates
Where are the volcanoes and the earthquakes commonly situated?
Around the edges of tectonic plates.
Why do Australia's neighbors experience more high magnitude earthquakes than Australia?
Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate, and earthquakes happen at the edges of these plates.
Why are volcanoes usually found on edges of tectonic plates?
because they form from earthquakes
What causes earthquakes at the edges of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes are mostly found at the edges of plates because that is the area of which the plates collide in different ways resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.
Why are the edges of plates so important to the cause and location of earthquakes?
I'm afraid I only know the cause. When the edges of the tectonic plates rub together it causes vibrations, that is the earthquake.
What is the theory of the plate tectonis?
the theory of plate tectonics is that subduction occures on the edges of the tectonic plates creating a movement. When the tectonic plates push or pull apart with enough pressure an earthquake starts. That is why California has major earth quakes. The pacific plate is grinding California in a horizontal movement. Once the pressure is released a tsunami could happen.
What happens when edges of tectonic plates when pushed together?
they shout help!!Vibrate and course friction
What else forms on the edges of tectonic plates?
ground shaking, displacement, liquefaction, tsunamis and landslides
