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Science C1
Harcourt Unit C Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| core | The dense center of Earth; a ball made mostly of two metals, iron and nickel |
| plate | Continet-sized slab or Earth’s crust and upper mantle |
| earthquake | A vibration, or shaking of Earth’s crust |
| fault | A break in the Earth’s crust along which rocks move |
| crust | Earth’s outer layer; includes the rock of the ocean floor and large areas of land |
| mantle | The thickest layer or Earth; found just below the crust |
| magma | Melted rock inside the Earth |
| lava | Melted rock that reaches the Earth’s surface |
| vent | In a volcano, the rocky tube through which magma rises toward the surface |
| magma chamber | An underground pool that holds magma, below a volcano |
| focus | The point underground where the movement of an earthquake first took place |
| epicenter | The point on the surface of the Earth that is right above the focus of an earthquake |
| seismograph | An instrument that records earthquake waves |
| volcano | A mountain that forms when red-hot melted rock flows through a crack onto Earth’s surface |