GEOLOGY
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
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Question
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Tectonic Plates shifting against each other causing the earth’s crust to shift in an explosive movement is called a____
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Volcano
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Tsunami
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Earthquake
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Subduction
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The heat from radioactive processes within the planet’s interior causes the plates to move, sometimes toward and sometimes away from each other. This movement is called plate motion, or tectonic shift.
Detailed explanation-2: -Earthquakes occur along fault lines, cracks in Earth’s crust where tectonic plates meet. They occur where plates are subducting, spreading, slipping, or colliding. As the plates grind together, they get stuck and pressure builds up. Finally, the pressure between the plates is so great that they break loose.
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