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    An earthquake is caused by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth's surface along faults, originating at tectonic plate boundaries. Plate tectonics explains the structure of the earth's crust through the interaction and movement of rigid lithospheric plates over the mantle. Seafloor spreading refers to the process of new oceanic crust being formed at mid-ocean ridges through volcanic activity and gradually moving away from the ridges.

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    An earthquake is caused by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth's surface along faults, originating at tectonic plate boundaries. Plate tectonics explains the structure of the earth's crust through the interaction and movement of rigid lithospheric plates over the mantle. Seafloor spreading refers to the process of new oceanic crust being formed at mid-ocean ridges through volcanic activity and gradually moving away from the ridges.

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    1. What is earthquake? Explain.

     An earthquake is a weak to violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden


    movement of rock materials below the earth's surface. The earthquakes originate in
    tectonic plate boundary.

    2. What are the causes of earthquake?

     Earthquakes are the result of sudden movement along faults within the Earth.

    3. What is plate tectonics?

     A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena
    as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the
    underlying mantle.

    4. What is seafloor theory?

     Seafloor spreading or Seafloor spread is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges,


    where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves
    away from the ridge

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