Science (4th) Ch. 5 Lesson 2 - The Moving Crust (vocab & notes)

a long narrow crack in the Earth’s crust

a high landform with a flat top

a bend in layers of rock

a tall landform that rises to a peak

a sudden shaking of the rock that makes up Earth’s crust

a vibration caused by an earthquake

an instrument that detects and records earthquakes

a mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth’s crust

Earth’s plates are made up of the _________ and ________.

Earth’s ________ are made up of the mantle and crust.

When ______ slowly push into each other at the edges of the two continents, they can form bended rock layers called __________.

________________, caused by the sudden lifting of the ocean crust, can cause huge waves called tsunamis.

Underwater earthquakes , caused by the sudden lifting of the ocean crust, can cause huge waves called ___________.

_________ caused by earthquakes are known as seismic waves.

Vibrations cause by earthquakes are known as __________.

The ______________ are famous for their ___________, which sometimes erupt.