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    Plate tectonics refers to the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that slowly move over time. The lithosphere consists of the crust and upper mantle, with the crust varying in thickness and composition between continental and oceanic crust. According to the plate tectonics model, the lithosphere is broken into large plates that move relative to each other, with this movement called tectonics.

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    Plate tectonics refers to the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that slowly move over time. The lithosphere consists of the crust and upper mantle, with the crust varying in thickness and composition between continental and oceanic crust. According to the plate tectonics model, the lithosphere is broken into large plates that move relative to each other, with this movement called tectonics.

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    Plate tectonics refers to the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that slowly move over time. The lithosphere consists of the crust and upper mantle, with the crust varying in thickness and composition between continental and oceanic crust. According to the plate tectonics model, the lithosphere is broken into large plates that move relative to each other, with this movement called tectonics.

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    Science10 q1w2 Determining Earthquakes Epicenter

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    Plate tectonics refers to the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that slowly move over time. The lithosphere consists of the crust and upper mantle, with the crust varying in thickness and composition between continental and oceanic crust. According to the plate tectonics model, the lithosphere is broken into large plates that move relative to each other, with this movement called tectonics.

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    WHAT IS PLATE

    TECTONICS?
    Earth’s lithosphere consists of layers, the crust
    and the upper part of the mantle. This part of the module
    will focus on the outermost layer which is called crust.
    The crust is made of a variety of solid rocks like
    sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. It has an
    average density of 2.8 g/cm3 and its thickness ranges
    from 5 to 50 km. The crust is thickest in a part where a
    relatively young mountain is present and thinnest along
    the ocean floor.
    You will notice from Figure 1 that there are two
    kinds of crust: the thicker but less dense
    continental crust and the oceanic crust which is
    relatively thinner but denser than continental
    crust.
    According to the plate tectonics model, the
    entire lithosphere of the Earth is broken into
    numerous segments called plates
    The plates move very slowly but
    constantly, and this movement is
    called tectonics; thus the theory of
    moving lithospheric plates is called
    plate tectonics.
    You have learned in your Grade 8 Science that an earthquake
    releases three types of seismic waves; Primary (P-waves),
    Secondary (S-waves), and Long surface waves (L-waves). The
    first two travel into the Earth’s interior while the last one on the
    surface. These waves travel at different velocities; thus, do not
    arrive at a seismic recording station at the same time. The farther
    the recording instrument is from the focus, the greater the
    difference in arrival times of the first P-wave compared to the
    first S-wave. The difference in the arrival time will tell us the
    distance of the earthquake’s focus from the seismic recording
    station. However, it does not tell in which direction it came from.
    DETERMINING THE
    EARTHQUAKES
    EPICENTER
    MATERIALS NEEDED:

    COMPASS
    RULES
    PHILIPPINE MAP
    CALCULATOR

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