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This is called a fault.
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A break in the crust along which rock move is a?
The break is a fault in the rock that can lead to an earthquake, whose tremors can cause much damage to property and death.
What part of earth is solid but stil moves and flows slowly?
The mantle under the crust it is made of molten rock material
How does magma affect the rocks into which in intrudes?
Magma is molten rock that bubbles up along ocean ridges to form new crust. Another way that magma forms new crust is when it is expelled out of a volcano and becomes lava, which cools and hardens into crust.
What is a planar break?
Fault (geology) : when rock on one side has moved with respect to the right sideFaults are like planar breaks in blocks of crust.Therefore, planar breaks are when one piece of crust (rock) has moved with respect to another piece of crust.
What is the dominant rock type in the ocean crust and in the continental crust?
Basalt is the dominant rock in the ocean crust. And I assume Granite is dominant for continental crust.
A break in the crust along which rock move is a?
The break is a fault in the rock that can lead to an earthquake, whose tremors can cause much damage to property and death.
What is the name of the break in Earth's crust where movement of rock occurs?
A break in the Earth's crust along which there has been some movement is a fault. A fault is considered a planar fracture.
What is released when rock moves along a fault?
Seismic waves are released when rock moves along a fault. These waves are the ones that cause earthquakes.
How can faulting act as a construction force?
Rock moves upward along faults to form a mountain range.
What is a break in the crust where rock bodies move relative to each other?
A fault.
Why is foilated rock easy to break?
The foliations in a rock are often planes of weakness where there is less cohesion. The rock can therefore break along these foliations.
What is a break in the Earth's crust where masses of rock slide past each other is called a?
faults
At locations where sea floors spreading occurs rock is moved away from a mid-ocean ridge what replaces the rock as it moves away?
continental crust.
What replaces rock as it moves away from mid-ocean ridge?
Rock moving away from a mid-ocean ridge is replaces by more oceanic crust.
Is the rock in the crust able to move around more easily than the rock in the lower mantle since the rock in the crust moves around differently than rock in the lower mantle?
The rock in the lower mantle moves around easily than the crust. This is because rock in the lower mantle is hotter and closer to its melting point. Rocks in the crust are cooler thus harder to move around.
What is The break of a rock along a plane of weakness is called?
cleavage
What is the term for the sudden movement of rock along fractures of faults in the earths crust?
The term is 'earthquake'.
