Earthquakes are caused by the build up or accumulation of pressure (more correctly termed stress when it an internal result of strain) due to the collision or interaction of the tectonic plates that form the Earth's lithosphere.
This accumulation of stress causes the rocks that make up the crust to deform elastically. This is very similar to what happens when you squash or stretch a spring and causes a form of energy to be stored in the rocks of the crust - technically described as elastic potential energy.
When this stress gets to large, it exceeds the strength of the rocks in the crust and causes a brittle failure. Brittle failures are failures where fractures form through the material.
This sudden brittle failure causes all of the elastic potential energy to be released at one time in the form of seismic waves, just as if a spring or elastic band that was being stretched suddenly snapped.
Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains are formed via plate tectonics. When the large continental plates collide, they either cause temporary earthquakes, or more permanent features such as volcanoes and mountains.
Plate tectonics can cause volcanoes, earthquakes, and underwater earthquakes can cause tsunamis.
From earthquakes and formation from the crust (Earth Doing Its Job)
earthquakes are caused by plate tectonics and earthquakes destroy forests. volcanoes can erupt then also destroy forests and that destroys animals and their homes. forest animals can get affected by plate tectonics in other ways too.
Plate tectonics
Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains are formed via plate tectonics. When the large continental plates collide, they either cause temporary earthquakes, or more permanent features such as volcanoes and mountains.
Yes, earthquakes are an affect of plate tectonics.
Plate tectonics can cause volcanoes, earthquakes, and underwater earthquakes can cause tsunamis.
From earthquakes and formation from the crust (Earth Doing Its Job)
well i think that it is that plate tectonics are when they move by earthquakes and crustal features are when they discribe the crustal and the plate tectonics.
Earthquakes are really the result of plate tectonics, not the cause. The moving plates touch at their boundaries and then occasionally suddenly slip. The sudden slip are the earthquakes.
theory of plate tectonics
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plate tectonics
Plate tectonics are always moving! they usually do have something to do with earthquakes!
The theory of plate tectonics helps to explain how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
earthquakes are caused by plate tectonics and earthquakes destroy forests. volcanoes can erupt then also destroy forests and that destroys animals and their homes. forest animals can get affected by plate tectonics in other ways too.