Hmm... depends on what kind. that is a broad subject.
there are different kinds of faults. transform faults, diverging plates, and converging plates. converging comes together and creates trenches. diverging plates pull apart and created the mid ocean rift. transform faults are breaks in the boundaries that are caused by a sliding movement. there are two kinds of crusts. Oceanic Crust and Continental crust. Oceanic=in the ocean
continental=on land
here is a good example of plate tectonics, i just had to explain all that stuff.
Subduction is when converging plates come together. they make a trench by one plate sliding under the other and into the mantle. this is an ongoing process, so, think of a conveyer belt. the oceanic crust plate that is sliding under the other and into the mantle keeps going into the mantle, it does not stop.
also, Google the mid-ocean ridge for more on diverging plate boundaries ;)
Mountains: the plates are pushing together. An abyss (like in Finding Nemo): one plate moves over another and the one pushed down goes so deep as to melt into the mantle of the Earth. Volcanoes: When plates pull apart, the hot liquid (magma, lava, etc) comes up out of the center of the Earth and erupts onto the surface. Earthquakes: The plates are grinding against each other (usually in opposite directions).
Sea floor spreading
an earthquake
Yes, the singular form is normally plate tectonic or tectonic plate so the plural would be plate tectonics or tectonic plates. Dumb crap.
Creationist theory and plate tectonics do not disagree in any way.
Plate tectonics are what each continent is on. They move and are continuing to move today. It has to do with the earth's shape because the plate tectonics move the continents around.
Sea floor spreading
Plate tectonics
Volcanoes don't help plate tectonics; volcanoes are the result of plate tectonics.
an earthquake
Geophysicists, Seismologists, Geomorphologists and Palaeontologists are some examples of scientists who's work involves or is affected by the theory of plate tectonics.
plate tectonics
instruments used in plate tectonics?
yes it represets plate tectonics
Yes, the singular form is normally plate tectonic or tectonic plate so the plural would be plate tectonics or tectonic plates. Dumb crap.
the branch of geology for plate tectonics is asthenosphere.
how are volcanoes and the process of plate tectonics related
But plate tectonics is the theory which suggests that the Earth's crust is made up of solid plates moving relative to each other. Plate tectonics and the plate tectonics theory aren't really two separate things. However plates are pieces of the Earth's crust which are moving.