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Restless Earth

Earrthquakes, Simulations, convection currents! All the work on Restless Earth.

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How are Earthquakes caused? By the movement of Plate Tectonics.
What is the thinnest layer of the earth? Crust.
What is the only layer that is in the liquid state? Outer Core.
What is the thivkest layer of the Earth? Mantle.
What are Tectonic Plates? Tectonic Plates are large peices of the lithosphere, that move around on the surface of the earth.
The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangea now drifting apart. Continental Drift.
What happens at a divergent booundry? When two plates seperate.
Where two plates Collide Convergent Boundary
What is a famous Fault? San Andreas Fault.
What is Pangea? The supercontinent that existed a million years ago.
What theory did Wegener Propose? The Theory Of Continental Drift.
How is New Crust Created? Magma From The Mantle.
What are the plates always doing and never stop doing? Moving.
What do we use to measure Earthquakes? Seismograph.
The Focus is The center of an earthquake.
When an earthquake occurs what happens other than buildings crashing? Death of innocent souls.
What do waves carry? Energy.
The crust is broken into How many plates? 12
When Transform Boundries are in action what do they cause? Friction.
What do the plates float on? The Upper Mantle.
Created by: Fatimax
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