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What is the outermost layer of the earth?
The outermost layer of the earth is the crust.
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What is bigger? The earth's crust of a plate?
The earth's crust is bigger.
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What is an earthquake?
An earthquake is a sudden moving or shaking of the ground.
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Use the word "shake" in a sentence.
Answers will vary. The ground shakes during an earthquake.
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What can earthquakes do to buildings and bridges?
Earthquakes can destroy buildings and bridges.
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What is having great power or strength.
Having great power or strength is powerful.
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What part of the earth cracks? Plates or the crust?
The crust cracks.
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What is the earth's crust?
The earth's crust is a layer of rock that covers the earth.
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Use the word "directions" in a sentence. Draw a compass on the board.
Answers will vary. The four main directions are north, south, east, and west.
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What meets at the faults?
Plates meet at the faults.
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What is something that is able or likely to cause harm or injury?
Something that is able or likely to cause harm or injury is dangerous.
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Earthquakes near the earth's surface are more what than earthquakes deep under the ground?
Earthquakes near the earth's surface are more dangerous than earthquakes deep under the ground.
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What happens along the faults?
Along the faults, the rocks press together.
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Use the word "plates" in a sentence.
Answers will vary. New York is on the North American Plate.
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What is the layer of rock around the earth called?
The layer of rock around the earth is called the crust.
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What is a line along which something lies, faces, or moves called? What are the four main ways?
A line along which something lies, faces, or moves are called directions. The four main ways are north, south, east, and west.
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What is a seismograph?
A seismograph is a machine that measures earthquakes.
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How do we measure earthquakes?
We measure earthquakes by using a special machine called a seismograph.
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Use the word "powerful" in a sentence.
Answers will vary. Earthquakes are powerful.
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What are the pieces of rock that move slowly and push against each other that make up the crust called?
The pieces of rock that move slowly and push against each other that make up the crust are called plates.
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What does it mean to put an end to something by damaging it?
To put an end to something by damaging it means to destroy.
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What genre is "Earthquakes"?
"Earthquakes" is nonfiction. It is true and informational.
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Where doe earthquakes happen? What are three examples?
Most earthquakes happen along the faults. For example, earthquakes happen in Mexico, Japan, and California.
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Use the word "destroy" in a sentence.
Answers will vary. In an earthquake, buildings can be destroyed.
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How do plates move?
Plates move in different directions.