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200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Layers of the Earth Plate Boundaries FaultsVolcanoes Earth- quakes
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Which of the Earth’s layers is the thinnest?
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The Crust
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Which layer of the Earth is a liquid?
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The outer core
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Convection currents occur in which layer?
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The mantle
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Which crust is more dense? Continental or oceanic?
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Oceanic crust
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Which layer has the most volume?
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The mantle.
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In which boundary, do the plate move away from each other?
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Divergent boundary
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In which boundary, do the plates move towards each other?
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Convergent boundary
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In which boundary, do the plates slide past each other?
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Transform boundary
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The San Andreas Fault in California is what kind of boundary?
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Transform boundary
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The area in the mantle, where oceanic crust recycles and melts.
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Subduction zone
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This type of fault occurs when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
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Normal fault
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A break in the crust due to tension, compression, or shearing
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A fault
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A strike-slip fault occurs along with what kind of boundary?
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Transform boundary
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A person could “walk up” a _______ wall
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Foot
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In what kind of fault, does the hanging wall move up relative to the foot wall?
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Reverse fault
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Volcanoes are found along what kind of boundaries?
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Convergent or Subduction zones
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What kind of volcano is made up of primarily pyroclastic material?
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Cinder cone volcano
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What feature is created when a magma chamber collapses?
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Caldera
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What kind of volcano is made up of primarily pyroclastic material and lava?
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A composite or stratovolcano
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What kind of volcano is made up of primarily lava flows?
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Shield volcano
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What are the fastest earthquake waves?
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P-waves
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Which earthquake wave cannot travel through liquids?
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S-waves
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The location of an earthquake on the surface is called a(n)
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Epicenter
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Which wave causes the most damage?
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Surface waves
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The location of the origin of the earthquake within the Earth?
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Focus
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