The Lithosphere witch is the outermost layer of the earths crust, is broken up into pieces, tectonic plates. These plates divide up the world causing earthquakes, eruptions, mountains to form ect...
hOw do tectonic plates move?
Transform:
A transform boundary is formed when 2 plates rub together opposite ways. This causes all tiles of natural disasters e.g earthquakes.
A transform boundary is formed when 2 plates rub together opposite ways. This causes all tiles of natural disasters e.g earthquakes.
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How do tectonic plates create land fOrmeS?
A land form is a feature that appears on the earths surface. The four major ones there are fold mountains, hills, ocean trenches and basins.
Fold Mountains
Basin
Hills
- Where do we finD active land forms?
The above photos are of force not the only landforms there are many others. The ones shown above are some of the more famous ones.
There are landforms all over the world, there are volcanoes in Japan and Hawaii. Switzerland has the alps and Australia has the Murry darling basin. So the awnser to the question is all over the world there are land forms.
There are landforms all over the world, there are volcanoes in Japan and Hawaii. Switzerland has the alps and Australia has the Murry darling basin. So the awnser to the question is all over the world there are land forms.
Why doEs Australia still feel EARTHQUAKES regardless of Our position on the tectonic plate?
Australia maybe in the middle of a plate but we are not invincible. There are other fault lines in the plate not only on the edges, they are all over the plate and this explains why we experience earthquakes like the one in Newcastle. Another way that an earthquake can be triggered is by dams filling, this means that stable plate does not garrentee immunity to earthquakes. But being on a stable plate does reduce your chances of suffering an earthquake.
Sea floor spreading
Sea floor spreading occurs when 2 plates collide and the edge of 1 plate is forced under another and back into the mantle where it will melt. After it has melted it will then make its way to the surface where it will join another plate. But sea floor spreading also can divide the plates by pulling plates apart allowing magma to swell up and cool and make mid ocean ridges.
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