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earthquakes happen when these sections of earths crust move
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What occurs when earths crust shift?
Earthquakes.
How earthquakes have changed the surface and atmosphere of the earth over millions of years?
EARTHQUAKES have changes the earth in many ways. The folding and faulting of the earth crust have left big cracks in the earths crust. The folding and faulting only happen on the tectonic boundaries. TECTONIC BOUNDARIES: The plates that make up the earths contents.
What is the name of the person who specializes in the study of earthquakes and other movements of the earths crust?
Seismologist
If convection in the mantle increased how would the earths crust be affected?
there would be more earthquakes and more volcanic eruptions
What three things happen to the Earth's crust when earthquakes occur?
Three things that happen to the Earth's crust when earthquakes occur include, a release in energy, plates sliding past one another, and fractures developing in the crust. Not all of these things happen at the same time and which occurs depends on the strength of the earthquake.
When earthquake happen when these sections of earth crust move?
earthquakes happen when these sections of earths crust move
What are earthquakes. How do they occur?
earthquakes happen when sections of the earths crust shift.These shifting parts called plates,are actually pieces of the crust floating on the hot molten interior of the earth. The majority of earthquakes happen along the edges of those plates,and along weak areas of the crust called fault zones
What earthquakes happen when these sections of earth's crust move?
a salami.
How does stress in the crust change earths crust?
it means earthquakes will happen more often
Earthquakes happen when what section of the earths crust move?
The tectonic plates.
What is sections of the earths crust called?
what what
What occurs when earths crust shift?
Earthquakes.
What are the sections of earth's are the plates in?
earths crust
Plates are large sections of Earths what?
The crust
What are the sky conditions if an earthquake is going to happen?
The weather and sky have nothing to do with it. Earthquakes happen when to pieces of earths crust suddenly move against or under another.
What are the different types of earthquakes?
I think there are three types of earthquakes one is the earths crust
Where do most earthquakes take place why?
I would say Japan because it is separated into four pieces of the earths crust. in Tokyo Very small earthquakes happen every day
