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Earth pt.1
Question | Answer |
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Earthquake | a sudden and violent shaking of the ground. |
Geological Events | Ecological damage of a direct geologic nature, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes |
Lithosphere | the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. |
Lithospheric Plates | regions of Earth's crust and upper mantle that are fractured into plates that move across a deeper plasticine mantle. |
Mangnetic Feild | a region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts. |
Mountain Buildings | The process of mountain formation, especially by a folding and faulting of the earth's crust. |
Plate Boundaries | two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates. |
Plate Tectonics | a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust. |
Poles | located at top snd bottom of earth |
Volcanic Eruptions | can be described as a hazard |