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Eco stuff

QuestionAnswer
Sedimentary Decayed living things or other pieces of rock
Igneous From core of earth’s magma or molten rock
Metamorphic Rock changed by heat and pressure into new form
Epicenter Site of earthquake at surface of earth
Hypo-center Site of earthquake below surface
Fault line Site of instability within a tectonic plate
Tectonic plate Piece of crust floating on magma
Bedrock Solid layer of rock below dirt
Ring of fire Active volcanoes in the Pacific
Richter scale Measurement of destruction of an earthquake
Seismograph Measures earthquakes
Tsunami Destructive wave often caused by underwater earthquake
Liquefaction Ground shakes until it behaves like a liquid and causes sinkhole like behavior
Fires Not just caused by man-made structures or pipelines
Volcanoes Gap between plates or at a fault line lets up magma
Aftershocks Can last years after original earthquake
Formation of glacier Years of snowfall compacted
Blue ice Has no air in it
White ice Not blue due to air in it
Glacial movement Internal shifting causes this
Current location of glaciers Alaska, N and S poles, Greenland, high mountains close to the poles
Cobblestones Tumbled stones from inside glaciers
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