Earth Science

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What is the Richter scale?

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A numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake.

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What are tectonic plates?

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Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.

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What is paleontology?

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The study of fossils.

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What happens at divergent plate boundaries?

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Plates move apart.

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What was the name of the supercontinent in the past?

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Pangaea.

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What is the Earth's crust?

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The outermost layer of the Earth, composed of solid rock.

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What is the mantle?

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The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core, made of semi-solid rock.

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What is an earthquake?

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A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.

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What is a fault line?

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A fracture in the Earth's crust where blocks of land have moved past each other.

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What is the epicenter of an earthquake?

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The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

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