GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The stress caused by the movement of tectonic plates causes faults in the Earth’s crust. The terrain cracks and breaks because of this stress.

Detailed explanation-2: -Faults are cracks in the earth’s crust along which there is movement. These can be massive (the boundaries between the tectonic plates themselves) or very small. If tension builds up along a fault and then is suddenly released, the result is an earthquake.

Detailed explanation-3: -The forces that drive Plate Tectonics include: Convection in the Mantle (heat driven) Ridge push (gravitational force at the spreading ridges) Slab pull (gravitational force in subduction zones)

Detailed explanation-4: -Stress builds up, and when it becomes too much, the plates suddenly slip past one another, and the rocky, brittle lithosphere cracks. These cracks are called faults. It is the energy released by the sudden movement on these faults that causes most earthquakes. Plate boundaries are made up of many faults.