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How can studying plate tectonics and observing that earthquakes occur along these plate boundaries help people?
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Studying plate tectonics and observing that earthquakes occur along these plates can help people so they have a better understanding of why earthquakes happen and how we can try and predict when one will happen by looking at past earthquakes to find out how they occured and which plate boundaries they occured to try and predict when and if one will happen again (also by looking at the movement of the plates).
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When studying seismic records from all over the globe what did scientists find out about the pattern of earthquakes?
Many earthquakes are concentrated in narrow zones along plate boundaries.
How do the locations of earthqakes support the theory of plate tectonics?
Observations of earthquakes and volcanic activity support the theory of plate tectonics because they both occur on boundaries. Boundaries are where plates meet and either converge, diverge or transform.
Instrument used in studying plate tectonics?
instruments used in plate tectonics?
How does scientists identify tectonic plate boundaries primarily by studying?
They simply follow the work other scientists then eventually they go and discover if that scientist is right
Observing studying and experimenting to find the nature of things?
Natural science is observing , studying and experimenting to find the nature of things.
What is the theory of plate tectonics used for?
The theory of plate tectonics is used to understand geological processes, such as ridges forming, volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains forming, and also to predict and minimize damage done by some of these natural disasters. Using plate tectonics to study earthquakes can help scientists predict roughly when an earthquake will occur, and also the severity of it. This is done by studying the outline of the plates involved. Plate tectonics also explains the Mid Atlantic Ridge in Iceland, which formed because plates separated, leaving magma to rise and cool. Mountains are formed when plates of similar strength and thicknes collide but do no buckle, and so formed mountains as they press together upward. Volcanic islands are formed by gaps in the boundaries of plates, and as the magma spews forth and cools, the buildup eventually creates an island.
What is the process of observing and studying about things to gain knowledge?
Science.
What are you studying if you are observing the semi fluid interior of the cell?
Chromatin
What is a siesmology?
siesmology is devoted to studying earthquakes
What is a researcher studying to predict earthquakes?
Seismologist
What will you study in earth science?
The process of observing and studying things in our world.
Why was Charles Richter studying earthquakes?
study on earthquake
