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What are typical characteristics of subduction zone?
Where oceanic crust meets continental crust and earthquakes can occur.
Is the partially melted zone of earths that carries the crust the lithosphere?
No it is really subduction
What is the size of the earths crust?
The Earths crust is approximately 650 km deep.
What is the name given to a region where one plate of the earths crust is sliding under another?
A subduction zone is the name given to a region where one plate of the earth's crust is sliding under another plate. This is a term found in plate tectonics.
A zone of weakness or a break in earths crust is known as?
This is known as a fault. A fault is a fracture in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred. Movement along faults can result in earthquakes.
What happens to the earths crust at a subbduction zone?
In a subduction zone, an oceanic plate moves under another plate (whether continental or oceanic). Sometimes pressure builds up, and earthquakes occur.
What causes the earths crust to rise and fall?
The sudden vibration in the plates inside the crust causes the earths crust to rise & fall.
What is under the earths surface and in the earths crust?
mantle
Why is the stress the earths crust?
The earth's crust is not stress
Why is japan a hot zone for earthquakes?
Because it is based near a brake in the earths crust where heat is spilled out. Also it is situated near the underwater Himalayas.
The crust is only what of earths thickness?
half of earths layer
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
