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How might geologic events such as the movement of tectonic plates affect the environment where species live?
Movement of tectonic plates can cause seafloor spreading and reversal of Earth's magnetic field, which can affect the organisms that are not adapted to the geological enviroment.
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
What layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates and what layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
What causes colliding plates?
tectonic movement can cause tectonic plates to collide, drift apart, or slide across one another
Can rift valleys occur from the movement of the tectonic plates?
Yes
How does the movement of tectonic plates and continents relate?
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
How do the positions of the plates affect the positions of the continents?
The positions of the plates determine the movement and interactions of continents. Plates can converge, creating mountains and causing continents to collide. They can also diverge, leading to the formation of new ocean basins and pushing continents apart. Transform boundaries result in lateral movement of plates, affecting how continents slide past each other.
What does tectonic movement affect the earth?
Tectonic movement affects the Earth by causing earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the formation of mountain ranges. It also plays a role in shaping the continents and ocean basins over millions of years.
How did you break land into 7 continents?
Continental drift - the movement of tectonic plates
How do the tectonic plates moved the continents?
The continents are part of Earth's tectonic plate system, when the plates move the continents move with them. The plate movement is driven by slow mantle convection driven by the heat in Earth's core.
What do you call overlapping portions of two continents?
Overlapping portions of two continents are known as continental plates or tectonic plates. These plates can collide, separate, or slide past each other due to the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates.
The large portions of the crust which move about on the mantle are the?
tectonic plates. These plates are responsible for the movement of continents and seismic activity, including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
What layer are the continents and tectonic plates sliding on?
Continents and tectonic plates are sliding on the asthenosphere, which is a ductile layer of the Earth's mantle below the lithosphere. The asthenosphere allows for the movement of tectonic plates due to its semi-fluid properties.
The movement of the tectonic plates changes the number of continents on Earth This change would be seen over?
millions of years. The movement of tectonic plates can cause continents to drift apart or come together, leading to the formation or merging of landmasses over geologic timescales.
How might geologic events such as the movement of tectonic plates affect the environment where species live?
Movement of tectonic plates can cause seafloor spreading and reversal of Earth's magnetic field, which can affect the organisms that are not adapted to the geological enviroment.
How do tectonic plates affect the earth?
If plates move enough continents will lose more land under the water and people will have to move
Do tectonic plates play a part in continent?
continents are tectonic plates! so.... yes!
