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What kind of energy builds up when the crust or two plates are stuck while the upper mantle keeps moving?
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∙ 10y ago
Tectonic forces/stresses build up during this phenomenon. Seismic energy is generated during this interaction.
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Why are the plates of the crust always moving?
Because the mantle has convection currents that push the plates around very slowly.
What is composed of oceanic or continental crust and upper mantle?
The crust and upper mantle consist of hard rocks which form the moving plates of the outer layer of Earth.
Is the moving portion of earth's crust and upper mantle called a ridge?
Not quite. These are known as tectonic plates. A (mid ocean) ridge is a type of boundary between differing tectonic plates which are diverging or moving away from each other..
Earthquakes and volcanoes are caused by?
They are cause by moving tectonic plates. The Earth crust is broken up into pieces. They move on the hot and soft mantle.
What is a Athensphere?
The Athensphere is not a layer in the Earth. The asthenosphere is the region of the mantle that is capable of moving by convection and has been linked to the movement of the tectonic plates (the lithosphere).
What is the pressure of the mantle?
the pressure builds up from tectonic plates moving past each other causing gaps and then volcanoes are produced. hope it helps.
What can happen when a plate movement stores energy in a rock along faults?
When energy builds up in a fault line, eventually it will overcome the friction that prevents the plates from moving, and the plates will move, producing an earthquake.
What are oceans current are formed by what?
Moving plates in the earths mantle.
Why are the plates of the crust always moving?
Because the mantle has convection currents that push the plates around very slowly.
How does the movement of the plates cause earthquakes?
As the plates move against each other (usually one moving under another), potential energy builds because some of one or both of the plates don't want to move. Then they give way. The energy released creates waves through the earth. This is the earthquake.
Why does a volcano form at the boundary of two plates moving apart?
A volcano will form at the boundary of two plates moving apart. This is because the two plates moving apart create a crack allowing molten lava to flow up from the mantle.
What would happen to the earths plates if the mantle completely cooled down?
They'd stop moving.
On what layer do the crustal plates float?
The tectonic plates are floating on top of the molten rock and moving around the planet.
Why is the earths crust always moving?
Simple- Convection in the mantle causes mantle to slowly move, and it pushes against the crust. As it does this, the tectonic plates move.
What process causes earths plates to move?
The process of 'earth plates moving' is Alfred Wageners theory of continental drift. This theory proposes that convenction currents in the earths mantle provides a 'cushion' on which the plates can move.
How far apart are tectonic plates moving?
The tectonic plates move at about the same speed your finger nails grow. The gap the plates create when they move apart is constantly being closed up by magma moving up from the mantle.
What is composed of oceanic or continental crust and upper mantle?
The crust and upper mantle consist of hard rocks which form the moving plates of the outer layer of Earth.
