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  • What is an earthquake and how is it created?
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  • It is the world's largest earthquake belt.
    The Circum-Pacific Belt
  • The continental drift theory states that the continents formed a huge mass called?
    Pangaea
  • What changes occur after a strong earthquake?
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  • What are the three kinds of tectonic plate boundaries?
    convergent, divergent and transform
  • What should you do during a Volcanic Eruption?
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  • It is formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
    Divergent plate boundary
  • Ocean floor is the ___________ that consists the landforms below the oceans and seas.
    oceanic plate
  • It is the shaking or trembling of Earth's crust.
    Earthquakes
  • It is the Earth's solid, thinnest, outermost layer .
    Crust
  • It is formed when plates meet from opposite directions causing one plate to be subducted or moved beneath the other.
    Convergent plate boundary
  • It is under extreme pressure that is why it remains solid. It is made up of solid iron and nickel.
    inner core
  • It is made of solid bedrock, contains most of Earth's mass.
    Mantle
  • These forces are those that come from within Earth.
    Endogenic forces
  • These forces are those that develop outside the surface of Earth.
    Exogenic forces
  • The scale used to measure earthquake magnitude is called?
    Richter Magnitude Scale.
  • This contains the different landforms and continents.
    Continental Plate
  • It is an instrument used to record the intensity, direction, and duration of the movement of the ground.
    seismograph
  • The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus is called?
    Epicenter
  • What should you do during an Earthquake?
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  • A German geologist and meteorologist, first proposed the continental drift theory.
    Alfred Wegener
  • This theory tells that the surface of Earth is broken into larger pieces of plates that "float" along the asthenosphere.
    Plate Tectonic Theory
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