Plate Motion vocab 1

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Causes of earthquakes

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plate motion

Front

Sudden shaking of Earth's surface

Back

earthquake

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Diagram showing the inside of something

Back

cross section

Front

Large section of solid rock in Earth's outer layer

Back

plate

Front

Plate boundary:

Back

The place where two plates meet.

Front

Earth's mantle is the soft, solid rock on which the plates move.

Back

The soft, solid rock on which the plates move.

Front

Something observed repeatedly

Back

pattern

Front

Image showing land where Mesosaurus fossils are found.

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Front

Geologists determine plate boundaries by observing:

Back

Distribution of earthquakes.

Front

Earth's outer layer is made of:

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hard, solid rock.