Exam 6: Restless Earth: Earthquakes, Geologic Structures, and Mountain Building

A tsunami looks like a massive, curling wave that towers above the coast before smashing into it.

How do terranes relate the growth of continental crust over geologic time? What region of North America illustrates this process well?

Terranes are relatively small crustal fragments (microcontinents, volcanic island arcs, or oceanic plateaus)that may be accreted to continents when subduction brings them to a trench.

The ________ is a layer in Earth's interior that is in a liquid state.

Would earthquakes of similar magnitudes in different regions of the Earth cause approximately the same levels of damage necessarily? In your explanation, consider both geologic and human-induced factors.

________ are brittle structures.