Earth's crust is broken into sections called tectonic plates.
They each float on the mantle, as part of the Earth called the lithosphere.
Each is separated by highly seismic regions that usually spawn volcanoes.
One of which is the Ring of Fire in the Pacific.
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The sudden vibration in the plates inside the crust causes the earths crust to rise & fall.
The earth's crust is not stress
a batholith
continental crust
The crust
the mantle
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Mountains
continents
The large landmasses on Earth's crust are called continents. These are the major divisions of land on our planet.
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geology
the collision of sub-crustal plates :)
The Earths crust is approximately 650 km deep.
The earths crust is split into large pieces called plates. When they move they cause a earthquake.