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wordsabout the earth

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crust the layer of the earth which flaura and fauna can live on
mantle the layer of the earth underneath the crust
inner core the center of the earth which is made of iron
outer core the layer of the earth that is underneath the mantle
magma found in volcanoes
molten melted rock
tectonic plates plates that make up the earth's mantle
shearing earth's plate sliding past each other
compression earth's plate pushing together
tension earth's plate pulling apart
tremor a slight earthquake
fault line where the earth's plates meet
landslide the dirt ,on a hill or mountain, loosens and rolls down
liquification strength of the soil reduces in an earthquake
seismograph measures the strength/size of the earthquake
tsunami giant wave caused by an earthquake under the sea
Mercalli scale measures the intensity of an earthquake
Richter scale measures the magnitude of the earthquak
moment magnitude used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of energy released
scale measuring instrument
seismic wave an elastic wave going through the earth caused by an earthquake
p wave the first waves from an earthquake to arrive at a seismograph
surface wave a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface
epicentre the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
focus/hypocentre The hypocenter is the point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
s wave seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth
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