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What countries have valcanos?
You are able to find all types of volcanoes on, or near the tectonic plates but all have their own distinct area.
Where do Volcanoes occur most often?
Volcanoes occur most often along the boundaries of tectonic plates, such as the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean. This is where the movement of plates allows magma to rise to the surface and create volcanic activity. Other locations of volcanic activity include hotspots, where plumes of magma rise from deep within the Earth's mantle.
If the earth were not hot inside would you have moving plates?
No. The plates ride on a bed of molten lava beneath the earth's surface. If the earth was cold, there would be nothing below the surface to move the plates. In other words, it would be just like the cold, dead moon.
Why do volcanoes erupt on tectonic plates?
Volcanoes are not randomly distributed over the Earth's surface. Most are concentrated on the edges of continents, along island chains, or beneath the sea forming long mountain ranges. More than half of the world's active volcanoes above sea level encircle the Pacific Ocean to form the circum-Pacific "Ring of Fire." In the past 25 years, scientists have developed a theory -- called plate tectonics -- that explains the locations of volcanoes and their relationship to other large-scale geologic features...
Which layer of the mantle is able to bend?
The asthenosphere could be described as having the ability to flow as it deforms at very slow strain rates due to convection.
How are tectonic plates able to shift?
They rest on a bed of magma which is molten rock so they can slide around. Also, they are broken apart from one another.
True or false the tectonic plates are able to be seen from space?
yes
What are the two kinds of earthquake and be able to differentiate?
The two main types of earthquakes are tectonic and volcanic. Tectonic earthquakes occur along fault lines when tectonic plates move. Volcanic earthquakes occur near volcanoes due to the movement of magma beneath the surface. Tectonic earthquakes are more common and are caused by the Earth's tectonic plates shifting, while volcanic earthquakes are associated with volcanic activity.
What is the part of the earth which the tectonic plates are able to move?
The mantle moves the continents, which is called continental drift.
What countries have valcanos?
You are able to find all types of volcanoes on, or near the tectonic plates but all have their own distinct area.
What would happen to the plates if the asthenosphere below them cooled and became solid?
If the asthenosphere beneath the plates cooled and solidified, the plates would no longer be able to move freely as they do now. This would likely result in decreased tectonic activity and potentially decrease in the movement of the plates over time.
What will the positions of the tectonic plates be in the future?
No one is able to predict with pinpoint accuracy the position of the Earth's tectonic plates at a specific point in the distant future. In the short term (<100 million years), however, it is a pretty sure thing that the Atlantic Ocean will get bigger, and that the Pacific Ocean will get smaller.
What evidence is there to show that the continent to day were once from one supercontinent?
Look up tectonic plates or simply tectonics. Tectonic plates are solid (as opposed to liquid or gas) material that is under the surface of the earth, and under the bottom of the ocean. These plates move, very very slowly, and scientists (e.g. geologists) are able to calculate the speed and direction of movement. From this data they are able to determine that the east coast of North and South America were once linked to Europe and Africa.
Volcanoes are able to form in several different plate-tectonic settings?
The type of tectonics where volcanoes occur are continental rift volcanism, hot spot, and continental volcanic arc. The other tectonics are subduction zones and rift valleys on a continental crust.
Geoglist could have prevented the earthquake feom happenign?
Earthquakes are formed when tectonic plates move. Imagine taking two pieces of rock in your hand, and holding them together very tightly, then try to slide them. They won't move at first, but then they'll give way and slide. That's exactly what happens with an earthquake. Huge sections of rock are trying to slide past each other, but because of friction they just keep building up pressure until it gives. When it gives, that's what causes an earthquake. There is no way to prevent an earthquake; scientists may be able to predict one by measuring the stress along the fault (the fault is where the two sections of rock join, moving in opposite directions).
Why two section of railway trackare joined together by fishplates?
two section of railway track are joined together by welding.instead they are laid with gaps between them.fish plates,fastened by nuts and bolts which are able to slide along the oval holes,are used to join two section of railway track......
How do you think scientists were able to discover Earth's plate boundaries?
Scientists were able to discover Earth's plate boundaries through a combination of studying earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the movement of continents over time. By analyzing these phenomena, they were able to map out the boundaries where tectonic plates meet and interact.
