Plate Tectonics 2019

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What is magma?

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Magma is hot, fluid rock found underneath the Earth's surface.

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What is the New Madrid fault?

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The New Madrid fault is a fault line that runs close to Arkansas.

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What is a volcano?

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A volcano is a place where molten rock, hot solid rock, and hot gases form inside the earth and erupt through its surface.

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What are the types of geologic stress?

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The types of geologic stress include shearing, compression, and tension. Collisional is NOT a type.

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What is Pangaea?

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Pangaea is the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago.

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What is the Earth's lithosphere?

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The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What is plate tectonics?

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Plate tectonics is the theory that explains the movement of the Earth's lithospheric plates.

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What causes earthquakes?

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Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, often due to tectonic plate movements.

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What is a fault line?

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

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What is subduction?

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Subduction is the process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.