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The grinding of tectonic plates. This caused by the outer core sending heat to the asthenosphere. The heat creates convection cells (aka convection currents), which move the asthenosphere. The tectonic, or lithospheric, plates are floating on the asthenosphere. When the asthenosphere moves, the tectonic plates move, and they gring together. The grinding will eventually cause a tectonic plate to fracture, which releases energy through the earth as seismic waves, and an earthquake occurs.
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Why is the stress the earths crust?
The earth's crust is not stress
Three types of stress that occer in earths crust?
Compression Stress Tension Stress Shearing Stress
What causes stress earths crust?
The movement in earths plates create powerful forces that pull or squeeze the rock in the crust.
How does stress in the crust change earths crust?
it means earthquakes will happen more often
What type of stress causes the earths crust to become thinner?
Tension
What caused the earthquake of japan?
The earthquake and tsunami were caused by a shift in the earths crust.
How does stress change earths crust?
It causes it to deform - this deformation is called "strain".
An earthquake is a shaking caused by the sudden movement of the earths crust?
True((;
Wheathering and erosion of earths crust are primarily caused by?
water wind.
How do motions affect Earth's crust?
Plate motions produce stress in Earths crust that leads to faults, mountain building, and earthquakes.
What is a sudden shaking of the earths crust caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
EARTHQUAKE
A crack in the earths crust caused by tectonic plate movement is called a?
Fault.
