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What is the definition of DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Where two tectonic plates meet.

• The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.

• The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

• The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.

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What is the definition of TRANSFORM BOUNDARY?

• Where two tectonic plates meet.

• The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.

• The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

• The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.

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What is the definition of EARTHQUAKE?

• An area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other.

• The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress.

• A break in Earth’s crust.

• A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.

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What is the definition of EPICENTER?

• An area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other.

• The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

• The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.

• A break in Earth’s crust.

What is the definition of FAULT?

• An instrument that measures and records the details of an earthquake.

• The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

• The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.

• A break in Earth’s crust.

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What is the definition of SEISMOGRAPH?

• A tracing of earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph.

• An area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other.

• Where two tectonic plates meet.

• An instrument that measures and records the details of an earthquake.

What is the definition of ELASTIC REBOUND?

• An area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other.

• The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its non-deformed shape.

• The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.

• Rock returns to nearly the same shape after stress is removed.

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What is the definition of CONVECTION CURRENT?

• A wave of energy released by an earthquake, that travels through the Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions.

• The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth's surface; older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge.

• The process by which one plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces.

• Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical.

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What is the definition of RIFT?

• Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical.

• The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

• An area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other.

• The thin and solid outermost layer of Earth.

What is the definition of FOCUS?

• The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its non-deformed shape.

• The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

• The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.

• A break in Earth’s crust.