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Natural Disasters
Layers of the Earth
100
What causes sinkholes?
Sinkholes happen when groundwater dissolves dirt and creates a hole.
100
The rigid outermost shell of the Earth?
What is the Lithosphere.
200
What causes earthquakes?
Earthquakes are caused when ground breaks along a fault.
200
What is the upper layer of the Earth's Mantle that is below the Lithosphere?
What is the Asthenosphere.
300
What causes volcanoes?
Volcanoes happen when magma rises up to the Earth's surface and spews out.
300
What is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior?
What is the Mantle.
400
What causes tsunamis?
A series of large waves created by abrupt movement on the ocean floor.
400
What is the part of Earth that is made of nickel and iron and above the Inner Core?
What is the Outer Core.
500
What causes Submarine Landslides?
A submarine landslide is caused by earthquakes.
500
What is the innermost part of the Earth?
What is the Inner Core.