Earth's structure, tectonic plates, earthquakes and volcanos

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What type of event often occurs along transform fault boundaries?

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Earthquakes

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What is the shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface?

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Earthquakes

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How are Earth's plates described?

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They are constantly moving and changing the face of the earth.

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What is the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core?

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Mantle

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What is a transform boundary?

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A type of tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What is the Earth's crust?

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The outermost layer of the Earth, where we live.

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What is the core of the Earth?

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The innermost layer of the Earth, made mostly of iron and nickel.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move apart.

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What causes earthquakes?

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Movement of tectonic plates and the release of energy in the Earth's crust.