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What type of energy is stored in the Earth's crust and produces earthquakes when it is released?
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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What type of energy is released in a glow stick?
Chemical energy is released in a glow stick through a chemical reaction between the chemicals inside the stick. This reaction produces light energy in the form of visible light.
What is a situation where energy is changed several times and heat light and sound are released?
A car engine converting chemical energy to mechanical energy, which produces heat and sound during combustion. The movement of the car generates kinetic energy and heat while friction produces sound energy.
What two forms of energy are released while a fire is burning?
The two forms of energy released during a fire burning are heat energy and light energy. Heat energy contributes to raising the temperature of the surrounding area, while light energy produces the glow and flames that are visible.
Fuels contains a store of energy called....?
Fossil fuels contain potential chemical energy, which is released by combination with oxygen. Uranium contains potential energy which can be released by splitting the atomic nucleus, this results in a loss of mass which produces a burst of energy through the relation E = mc2. This energy drives the fission fragments apart, they are then slowed by the surrounding uranium and this produces heat or thermal energy.
What kind of energy does the stick of a match have?
The stick of a match contains chemical energy, which is released when the match is struck, causing a chemical reaction that produces heat and light.
Where is the earths energy released?
Earths energy is released when there is too much heat inside of Earth and volcano's erupt.
What layer of the earths structure produces the greatest amount of thermal energy?
the mantle
How much energy is released by earthquakes of 4.0?
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Point where earthquake energy is released?
Earthquake energy is released at the hypocenter, which is the exact location within the Earth's crust where the seismic rupture begins. This release of energy produces seismic waves that propagate outward in all directions, causing the ground shaking and damage associated with earthquakes.
When these pieces of earths surface crash together or scrape against one another the release of energy causes?
Earthquakes
What form of energy is released when earthquakes occurs?
seismic wave
What is the term for stored-up energy released by earthquakes?
Seismic
What does magnitude have to do with earthquakes?
The word magnitude (in the context of earthquakes) is used to describe the amount of energy released when one occurs.
How is the amount of energy released by an earthquakes magnitude?
It is caused by the rotation of earth.
What are the vibrations in the earth caused by sudden energy release called?
Does it have anything to do with, Magnetised plumes being sucked out of the earths core? It`s a form of energy that happens when Plasma comes through a hole in Earths Magnetosphere, and enters through the North or South poles. Not saying it is. Just a guess.
Why not all movement along faults produce earthquakes?
Faults DO NOT produce earthquakes, faults are produced by earthquakes. This means that earthquake loci are centered on and along faults. The energy released by an earthquake is the strain energy built up as a result of plate tectonic forces. Some faults move easily and thus no strain energy builds up.
How is energy released during earthquakes travels in seismic waves?
Seismic waves are the forms of energy produced by an earthquake.
