Heat may simply permeate through insulating rock, and subsequently radiate into space. As pressure builds up from the motion of plates riding on convection currents within the mantle, energy release will frequently take the form of earth quakes--violent motions of the earth as one plate slips or shifts against another. A vivid image of this exists in IRIS seismic data which outlines the "Ring of Fire."
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When earthquakes occur they release elastic potential energy (which may also be known as elastic strain energy) in the form of seismic waves.
Please see the related question for a more detailed description of earthquakes.
Earthquakes release energy by seismic waves
the focus of the earthquake releases all the energy and the it just transmits out in waves around the focus
Potential Energy
seismic wave
Seismic waves
potential energy
Potential
it produces
the sun produces thermal energy
Using heat from the earths core water is heated until it boils and produces steam. The steam is then used to turn turbines which crank generators and thus producing electricity.
A change from one form of matter to another, with the release of large amounts of energy.
Most of this energy is released during the decay of radioactive isotopes. To a lesser extent, this is residual heat, from the formation of Earth - gradually released as Earth's interior solidifies.
The energy released in earthquakes
Earths energy is released when there is too much heat inside of Earth and volcano's erupt.
the mantle
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Earthquakes
seismic wave
Seismic
the relationship between earthquakes magnitude is the size or amount of energy an earthquake produces and has no connection to hour often earthquakes occur.
The force that cause Earthquakes as rocks to move and break are called plate tectonics
The word magnitude (in the context of earthquakes) is used to describe the amount of energy released when one occurs.
in an earthquake, movement along the fault move and break, releasing energy as________
It is caused by the rotation of earth.