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Earthquakes occur
along faults.
BEFORE, you learned NOW, you will learn
• The crust and uppermost mantle • Why earthquakes occur
make up the lithosphere • Where most earthquakes occur
• The lithosphere is cold • How rocks move during
and rigid earthquakes
STANDARDS • Tectonic plates move over
8–3.8 Explain how hotter, weaker rock in the
earthquakes result from asthenosphere
forces inside Earth.
EXPLORE Pressure