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G4 Ch3 L2 - The Moving Crust

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    Week 12 McGraw-Hill Science for ESL students.
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  • Name ALL FIVE layers of the earth.
    Crust, Upper+Lower Mantle, Inner+Outer Core.
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  • What are tectonic PLATES?
    Big pieces of earth's CRUST that move on top of the MANTLE as it FLOWS.
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  • What are FAULT LINES?
    The place where two TECTONIC PLATES RUB against each other.
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  • What's this called? Describe it.
    A PLATEAU. A high landform with a flat top.
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  • What are these?
    FOLDS.
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  • What causes an EARTHQUAKE?
    PLATES in the CRUST slide against each other.
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  • What's this called?
    A TSUNAMI.
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  • How do earthquakes travel?
    SEISMIC WAVES / SHOCKWAVES / VIBRATIONS in all directions.
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  • What's this? What does it do?
    A SEISMOGRAPH. Measures the strength of an earthquake based on its SEISMIC WAVES.
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  • What's this? What's it doing?
    It's a VOLCANO ERUPTING.
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