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They lodge together pressure builds up and overcomes the friction
the plates jolt past each other and make earthquakes
this also creates ridges in the land eg san andreas fault
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What occurs with plates when continental crust is pushed together?
An earthquake happens then a fault line is made
What happens when the earths crust buckles in a wavelike pattern creating hills or mountains?
The action of earth's crust buckling in wave-like patterns is due to two plates coming together or converging. These plates can be either oceanic or continental plates. Examples of these types of plates are the Eurasian, Pacific, Australian, Caribbean plates.
What natural hazard usually results when crustal plates scrape and slide past one another?
Tectonic plates are huge plates of rock covering the surface of the earth. They are very slowly moving, some moving together, some moving apart.Sometimes they have been pushing or pulling a bit without any movement until suddenly they give a jerk. That jerk is usually an earthquake.The natural disaster from the movement of tectonic plates is an earthquake, and if it's under the sea, then it might cause a tsunami.
Which layer of the earth are the continents a part of?
The continents are part of Earth's outermost layer called the crust. The crust is divided into large plates, known as tectonic plates, which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle to form the Earth's surface.
When two plates slide past each other what happens to the crust of the plates?
When the plates slide past each other, it releases a shock wave, either a p-wave or an s-wave, and it spreads out in all directions. Sometimes it causes earthquakes.
What happens when plates on Earth's crust scrape past each other?
earthquakes happen
What occurs with plates when continental crust is pushed together?
An earthquake happens then a fault line is made
What would happens when two of the plates of the earth's crust are colliding together?
I pretty sure that is creates an earthquake.
What are plates in the Earth's crust?
the tectonics plates will stick together.
What natural hazard usually result when crustal plates scrape and slide passt one another?
When tectonic plates, which is the scientific term for the plates on the Earth's crust, rub together, it causes an earthquake. Earthquakes happen everyday. We just don't feel them all.
What happens when to plates collided?
When two plates collide, or come together, the plates will push upward, forming a mountain. If one plate is continental crust and the other is oceanic crust, the less dense crust (this being the oceanic) will actually move under the more dense crust, in a process called subduction, to form a deep-ocean trench.
What happens when the earths crust buckles in a wavelike pattern creating hills or mountains?
The action of earth's crust buckling in wave-like patterns is due to two plates coming together or converging. These plates can be either oceanic or continental plates. Examples of these types of plates are the Eurasian, Pacific, Australian, Caribbean plates.
What happens to Rocks when plates collide?
When two plates collide, or come together, the plates will push upward, forming a mountain. If one plate is continental crust and the other is oceanic crust, the less dense crust (this being the oceanic) will actually move under the more dense crust, in a process called subduction, to form a deep-ocean trench.
Where do volcanoes most commonly happen?
cracks in the plates which make up the crust. the earths crust is not connected. its made up of plates that moves and they are formed by plates pushing together then collapsing. they erupt when it gets a lot of friction from the plates pushing together
Is the crust a layer of rocks under the plate or is the crust the plates?
The crust is the layer at the surface that forms the upper part of the plates. The plates also include a portion of the upper mantle just beneath the crust. Together, the crust and this upper portion of the mantle form the lithosphere.
What natural hazard usually results when crustal plates scrape and slide past one another?
Tectonic plates are huge plates of rock covering the surface of the earth. They are very slowly moving, some moving together, some moving apart.Sometimes they have been pushing or pulling a bit without any movement until suddenly they give a jerk. That jerk is usually an earthquake.The natural disaster from the movement of tectonic plates is an earthquake, and if it's under the sea, then it might cause a tsunami.
When two geologic plates are moving away from each other what happens?
When it is two continental plates, new oceanic crust is formed, and when this continues, more oceanic crust is formed between the plates.
