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Plates, Tectonic Theory, Layers of the Earth, Earthquake

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What do you call to the vibration of Earth due to rapid release of energy?

EARTHQUAKE

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What do you call the oldest, thick, and less dense part of the Earth’s crust?

CONTINENTAL CRUST

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What do you call the younger, thin, and denser part of the Earth’s crust located under the oceans?

OCEANIC CRUST

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It is the theory that suggest that Earth's crust is made up of plates that interact in various ways, thus producing earthquake, mountains, volcanoes and other geologic features.

PLATE TECTONIC THEORY

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The rigid, solid layer that covers the Earth and is made up of crust and upper mantle is called ________.

LITHOSPHERE

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It refers to the smaller sections of Earths lithosphere

PLATE

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The supercontinent that is believed to have existed 250 million years ago is

PANGAEA

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What waves provided geologists information about internal structure of the Earth?

SEISMIC WAVES

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What are the 3 seismic waves that are releases by the Earthquake?

PRIMARY WAVE (P-WAVE), SECONDARY WAVE (S-WAVE), LONG-SURFACE WAVE (L-WAVE)

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Lithosphere floats in a semi-plastic layer called _________

ASTHENOSPHERE

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According to Plate Tectonic Theory, the entire lithosphere of the Earth is broken down into numerous segments called _________

TECTONIC PLATES

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What method is used to determines the epicenter of an earthquake using data from the three seismic recording stations.

TRIANGULATION METHOD

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It is a record of the graphical motion at a measuring station as a function of time.

SEISMOGRAM

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__________ is an instrument used to detect and record seismic waves.

SEISMOGRAPH

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