EARTH SCIENCE- EARTHQUAKE QUIZ WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ 2024
EARTH SCIENCE- EARTHQUAKE QUIZ WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ 2024 Earthquake - answer a sudden release of energy in Earth's crust and upper mantle. Usually caused by movement along a fault plane or by volcanic activity and resulting in the generation of seismic waves which can be destructive. Seismic waves - answer an earth vibration generated by an earthquake or explosion P-Waves - answer a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first wave to be recorded. S-Waves - answer A shear wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving. tectonic plates - answer a theory that Earth's outershell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle. transform boundary - answer created by the action of two tectonic plates sliding back eachother in a sideways motion. In the transform boundary... - answer neither plate is added to nor destroyed. divergent boundary - answer two plates moving away from eachother and now crust forms between magma that rises between the plates (sliding) convergent boundary - answer actively deforming region where two(+) tectonic plates move toward one another and collide.
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