Forces on Earth’s Structure

Grady K, Dante C, and Luke R.

Plate Tectonics

• San Andreas • Famous Fault Line• 810 miles long• Earthquake in Haiti• Magnitude scale of 7.0 on Mercalli scale• North American plate – famous plate

Volcanoes

• Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii• Famous volcano• Above a hot spot• Shield Volcano

Water

• 5 Oceans• Contain 97% of Earth’s water• 5 Great Lakes• Superiors depth 1,332 feet

Sections of Earth

• 4 sections of earth• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core• Liquid Mantle because of convection currents

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