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Card 16

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The size of an event.

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Card 17

Front

A semi-molten zone of rock underlying the Earth's crust.

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Card 18

Front

A boundary between plates where the movement of plates is parallel to the plate margin and the plates slide past each other.

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Card 19

Front

A boundary between plates where the plates are moving apart.

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Card 20

Front

A boundary between plates where the plates are moving together.

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Card 21

Front

The crust of the Earth.

Back

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Card 22

Front

Molten material that rises towards the Earth's surface when hotspots within the asthenosphere generate convection currents.

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Card 23

Front

Rigid, less dense slabs of rock floating on the asthenosphere.

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Card 24

Front

A localised area of the Earth's crust with an unusually high temperature.

Back

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Card 25

Front

An upwelling of abnormally hot rock within the Earth's mantle.

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