The Earths plates are broken into ________ main plates
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Which is faster, the water cycle or the rock cycle?
The water cycle
Describe the plate movement; mountains
Describe the plate movement; rift
Describe the plate movement; fault
What causes the Earth's plates to move?
The movement of magma underneath the Earth's crust causes the plates on top to move.
What direction do the plates move to make mountains?
Plates collide
What direction do the plates move to make a rift?
Plates move apart
What direction do the plates move to make a fault?
Plates slip or slide past each other
What plate movement made this?
a fault
What plate movement made this?
a rift
Where are earthquakes and volcanoes common?
At plate boundaries
What is liquid rock called below ground?
Magma
What is liquid rock called above ground?
lava
Subduction volcanoes from where an ocean plate collides with a continental plate. True or false?
True
The bowl shape at the top of a volcano...
Crater
