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Mountains are the result of continental drift an volcanic activity. Earthquakes are also the result of continental drift an volcanic activity. Thus the two go together but the earthquakes do not cause the mountains.
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What is the connection between mountains and plate boundaries?
mountains are usually formed on plate boundaries because earthquakes happen at plate boundaries. earthquakes can form mountains.
Explain how tectonic plate motion is related to earthquakes?
It all has to do with the faults and plates of the earth.(if you don't know what those are just google them.) When they move they can cause mountains or make old mountains bigger , cause volcanos, ocean ridges and trenches, and finally earthquakes. When the faults or plates rub against each other they cause the land to also shake. Which causes earthquakes.
What are 2 geoologic features or events that might result from the movement of crustal plates?
Features:Fold mountainsIsland arcRift valleyMid-Ocean RidgeVolcanoEvents:EarthquakeEruptionLava flowLahar/mud flowPyroclastic flowAsh fallTsunamiBasically take your pick (and please add!!)
Why earthquakes common in the belt of young fold mountains?
because this are the young mountains that recently formed in the earth.
How does mountain grow and Why does mountain grow?
mountains are formed when earthquakes accour and the tectonic plates make the mountain rise Jay Petch mountains are formed when two plates crash togther jemma davey
What have earthquakes got to do with mountains?
when some earthquakes come they make the ground or surface of the earth uneven which sometimes form mountains
Do mountains prevent earthquake shocks?
Mountains do not prevent earthquakes, in fact mountains were created by the occurrence of earthquakes.
What is the connection between mountains and plate boundaries?
mountains are usually formed on plate boundaries because earthquakes happen at plate boundaries. earthquakes can form mountains.
How are mountains and earthquakes the same?
They aren't.
What area has mountains but no earthquakes?
California
How are earthquakes and mountains alike?
They are NOT alike.
Why does magma work its way to the surface?
when rocks push both way and they form a mountains or volcanoand they can make earthquakes
What moves mountains and earthquakes together?
earthquakes make the earths crust collide and sometimes they smash together,such as if one peice of crust goes under the other...makng a point...
Do earthquakes help mountains form?
yes
What is responsible for earthquakes and volcanos and mountains?
Gravity
How are earthquakes and plate boundaries connected?
by mountains . (:
What Type of landform result at a convergent boundary?
mountains, volcanoes. earthquakes also, but earthquakes are not a landform.
