How do movements of the crust change Earth Vocabulary

A break in the Earth's crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side.

• fault

• crust

• plate tectonics

• epicenter

The thick layer of Earth beneath the crust.

• crust

• mantle

• core

• fault

The theory that Earth's crust is divided into plates that are always moving.

• volcano

• mantle

• earthquakes

• plate tectonics

The thin outer layer of Earth, including dry land and the ocean floor.

• crust

• core

• mantle

• epicenter

A shaking of Earth's surface that can cause land ot rise and fall.

• plate tectonics

• volcano

• earthquake

• fault

The layer of Earth extending from Earth's center to teh bottom of the mantle. It is mostly metallic iron and nickel.

• epicenter

• mantle

• core

• crust

The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

• fault

• epicenter

• earthquake

• volcano

A place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth's surface.

• crust

• core

• epicenter

• volcano