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What layer do tectonic plates make up?
The lithosphere.
What are the main types of minerals that make up the continental and oceanic plates?
c plates- bedrock and granite o plates- bastlic
How many primary tectonic plates make up the surface of Earth?
There are about 15 major tectonic plates that make up the Earth's surface. These plates are constantly moving and interacting with each other, leading to geological events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Which two tectonic plates are colliding causing the rise of the Andes Mountains?
The South American Plate and the Nazca Plate are colliding, causing the rise of the Andes Mountains through a process known as subduction. The Nazca Plate is being forced beneath the South American Plate, leading to the formation of the mountain range.
How many primary plates make up the Earth's surface?
There are about 15 tectonic plates that make up the Earth's surface, with 7 to 8 considered the major plates. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them and interact with each other at plate boundaries, leading to geological phenomena like earthquakes and volcanoes.
What created the Andes mountains?
two continential plates
What plates are responsible for creating the Andes?
The Nazca and the S.American plate form a destructive plate boundary, forming the Andes.
What geographical process caused the Andes Mountains?
folding of the plates
Why are the Andes mountains moving?
The Andes mountains are moving because of the plate boundaries it is placed on, and as the plates moves the mountain must move with it.
What type of plates collided to form the Andes Mountains on the west coast of South America?
The Andes were a result of the collision of the Nazca Plate & the South American Plate.
How were the Andes mountains and other mountain chains formed?
by tectonic plates colliding
What two plates are inter acting in the Andes mountains?
The Nazca plate and the Pacific plate
What mountain chain formed in Chile as a result of the collision of the two plates?
The Andes Mountains
What kinds of plates formed the Andes mountains?
The Andes Mountain Chain is formed as a result of a convergent plate boundary, the collision of the South American Plate with the Nazca Plate.
What three plates make up a divergent boundary near the Atlantic ocean?
The four plates that make up the Mid Atlantic ridge are the North and South American Plates, the Eurasian plate, and the African Plate.
What rock are continental plates made up of?
It is make up of Granite.
Are the Andes mountains a constructive or destructive landform?
The Andes mountains are a constructive landform created by the convergence of tectonic plates. The collision of the South American Plate and the Nazca Plate has led to the uplift and formation of the Andes over millions of years.
