ELMS 6th Earth Science

The protection of natural resources.

To come together from different directions

tending to move apart in different directions

the process of wearing or grinding something down

The concentration of attention or energy on something.

A strike-slip fault that connects, or links sections of two other faults.

a point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake

Secondary seismic waves.

formed by or containing the accumulation of deposited matter

The atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.

A bend or flex in a rock or series of rocks that's caused by crustal movements. 

A fracture or fracture zone in rock along which movement has occurred.

produced by the action of fire or intense heat

What is the lower layer of the Earth's crust called?

Primary seismic waves. The fastest set of earthquake vibrations. 

one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate

the part of the Earth consisting of the crust and mantle