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Earth
Earthquakes
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
Biomes
100
The outer layer of earth
What is the crust?
100
A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
What is an earthquake?
100
the theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape.
What is plate tectonics?
100
a vent of fissure in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
What is a volcano?
100
A large region characterized by a specific type
What is a biome?
200
the layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
What is the mantle?
200
A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
What is a fault?
300
the central part of Earth below the mantle
What is the core?
400
the crust
What is the strongest part of the Earth?
500
the core
What is the hottest part of earth?