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Type your answers to these 4 questions in the submission area.

1. What do you think a plate boundary is?
2. What is an earthquake?
3. What happens during an earthquake?
4. What do you think about the plates that make up Earth’s outer layer?

User Alukach
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1)the edges where two plates meet are plate boundaries.

2)a sudden slip on a fault triggers an earthquake as stress in the edge overcomes the tension that releases energy into waves that move through the surface of the earth and cause a shake.

3)motion of the ground, aftershocks, shuddering, trembling, wobbling, crashing, falling, breaking, and more

4) the outer layer of Earth is the crust (lithosphere) which is made up of hot molten rock and granite.
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