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Mountains are formed in this way. The Himalayan mountains were formed this way; in fact, they are still growing today as one plate slides under another.

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How are mountains made?

Mountains are formed through tectonic plate movements. When two tectonic plates push against each other, they can create folded and uplifted layers of rock, resulting in the formation of mountains. Additionally, volcanic activity can also contribute to mountain formation when magma pushes through the Earth's crust and solidifies.


Are volcanoes made by plates sliding away from each other?

Many are but many others are not. Most volcanoes on land occur where two plates press into each other and one slide slides under the other. Some volcanoes occur at hot spots, which are not related to plate boundaries.


Where are plates found?

Plates are found in the Earth's lithosphere, which is the outermost layer of the Earth's surface. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere underneath and are constantly in motion, leading to phenomena like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain formation. The interactions between these plates are responsible for shaping the Earth's surface and its geology.


When tectonic plates press together or pull apart they sometimes break under pressure what does this create in the Earth's surface?

When tectonic plates break under pressure, it creates fractures or faults in the Earth's surface. These faults can lead to earthquakes as the built-up strain is released along the break, causing the plates to move suddenly.


How does the mid-oceanic ridge form?

Since it is located at a divergent or lateral plate boundary, magma from the mantle flows out to the Earth's surface through a crack found on the Earth's crust. The magma cools and solidifies upon reaching the Earth's surface, forming a new landform made of magma or igneous rocks( derived from solidified magma) such as a volcano, or sometimes, a volcanic island, such as Hawaii. This usually occurs at ocean basins. To correct the previous answer, Hawaii is not actually on a mid-ocean ridge, it is an island chain formed by a hotspot under a moving plate (you can tell because the oldest volcanoes are at one end and youngest at the other). Volcanoes formed by the Pacific MOR tend not to reach the surface. Better examples are in the Atlantic: Iceland, the Azores, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha. Best example of what exactly is happening at the MOR is Bermuda, which was originally formed on the Atlantic MOR and has been pushed so far sideways as more crust formed in the centre, it is now far away from the active MOR.

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What are three major movements on the earth's crustal plates and what occurs as a result of these movements?

There are three major plate movements, whether these occur on the continents or under the sea, convergent, where two plates collide together and one sinks under the other, although sometimes with continental plates if two continental plates collide then they are both very dense so they both press up against each other and form mountains, there are conservative plate margins, where the plates slip past each other, catching against each other causing earthquakes, and finally there are divergent plate margins where the plates are moving away from each other, these cause upsurges of magma in between and new land/sea bed is formed, these types of plate margins usually only occur under the sea, this is how Iceland was formed, but not the Hawaiian islands


What is the theory of plate tectonics used for?

The theory of plate tectonics is used to understand geological processes, such as ridges forming, volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains forming, and also to predict and minimize damage done by some of these natural disasters. Using plate tectonics to study earthquakes can help scientists predict roughly when an earthquake will occur, and also the severity of it. This is done by studying the outline of the plates involved. Plate tectonics also explains the Mid Atlantic Ridge in Iceland, which formed because plates separated, leaving magma to rise and cool. Mountains are formed when plates of similar strength and thicknes collide but do no buckle, and so formed mountains as they press together upward. Volcanic islands are formed by gaps in the boundaries of plates, and as the magma spews forth and cools, the buildup eventually creates an island.


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Where older crust is destroyed because two plates press together?

convergent boundary