Terminology

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core

Answer 1

The centre of the Earth, made mainly from iron and nickel.

Question 2

mantle

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The area beneath the Earth’s crust

Question 3

Asthenosphere

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The upper layer of the Earth’s mantle

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Lithosphere

Answer 4

The more ridged, outer part of the Earth

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Crust

Answer 5

The outer layer of the Earth’s structure

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Continental crust

Answer 6

The thicker part of the Earth’s crust

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Oceanic crust

Answer 7

The thinnest part of the Earth’s crust

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Tectonic plates

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A ridged section of the Earth’s crust.

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Plate margins

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The boundary between two or more tectonic plates

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Constructive plate margins

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Where tectonic plates are moving apart and magma rises between

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Destructive plate margin

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Where tectonic plates are moving together and the oceanic is subducted

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Conservative plate margin

Answer 12

Where two plates slide past each other

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Volcano

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An opening in the Earth’s crust from which lava, ash and gas erupt

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Earthquake

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A sudden or violent movement within the Earth’s crust followed by a series of shocks

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Convection currents

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The circular movement of magma within the Earth’s mantle

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Ridge push

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When gravity causes the ridge to push on the lithosphere moving the plates

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Slab pull

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When the weight of a dense tectonic plate is subducted into the mantle

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Ocean ridges

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An underwater mountain range at a constructive plate margin

Question 19

epicentre

Answer 19

The position on Earth where an earthquake occurred from above

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focus

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How deep the earthquake happened