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Science Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| volcano | a mountain built up from hardened lava, rocks, and ash that erupted out of Earth |
| erupt | to become active and eject lava, ash, and gases |
| lava | melted rock that flows out of the ground onto Earth’s surface |
| magma | melted rock deep within the Earth |
| earthquake | a shaking of Earth’s crust caused by rock slabs moving against each other deep below Earth’s crust |
| magnitude | a measure of the energy of an earthquake, measured by the Richter Scale |
| plate | a huge piece of Earth’s crust that moves very slowly |
| fault | a crack in Earth’s crust |
| landslide | the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil or rock from a steep slope |
| hurricane | storms, with winds that blow at least 74 miles per hour, that form over the Atlantic Ocean |