The scientists suggest that this causes a reduction in pressure on the land where the plates meet.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

When the plates move, the continents move with them.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The plates can cause earthquakes as they move.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

The continents split as the plates move.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

That is the way that fault operates as well." In other cases, the plates may move up and down, rather than from side to side.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

The theory explains that as the sea floor spreads, the tectonic plates are pushed and pulled in different directions.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

The other big problem with using human blood for making these blood agar plates is that they're actually not accurate."

VOA: special.2009.08.03

Many of the world's volcanoes are found at the edges of plates, where geologic activity is intense.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Volcanoes also are found in the middle of plates, where there is a well of melted rock.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

We slept on the hard ground, ate canned beans from cold metal plates and spent our days in the difficult search for gold.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

If you have ever visited, you might have noticed the popular license plates on many D.C.cars.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

It is along or near this fault line that most of California's earthquakes take place, as the two tectonic plates move in different directions.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

Severe breaks may require an operation to hold the bone together with metal plates and screws.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

However,the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes is written on Minnesota's vehicle license plates.

VOA: special.2011.01.09

However,"The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes" is written on Minnesota's vehicle license plates.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

As many as twenty tectonic plates cover the Earth's surface.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

They call the pieces tectonic plates.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Sometimes the continents are above two plates.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Indonesia is on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire where several tectonic plates meet and often cause earthquakes.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03