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words abou the earth

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crust the thinnest layer of the earth which we can live on
mantle the layer underneath the crust
inner core it is made out of iron
outer core made out of melted iron
magma found in volcano
molten melted
tectonic plate the plates that are in the crust
compression pushing the into each other
shearing sliding past each plate
tension pulling apart the plates
tremor a short word for earthquake
fault line is where the tectonic plates meet
landslide it makes land slide down the hill
liquifaction the earth makes melted minerals
seismic wave they are shock waves that release when a earthquake occurs
s wave secondary wave
p wave primary waves are the fastest wave in the earth
surface wave waves that travel on the surface
epicenter the point of the earthquake on the surface of the earth
focus/hypocenter the point of the earthquake underground
tsunami a big wave created by underwater volcanos, earthquake and rarely by a meteorite
seismograph a machine to tell how big a earth the earthquake
Mercalli scale it records the level of the earthquake
Richter scale it uses seismograph to rate the earthquake
moment magnitude scale estimates the total energy released by a earthquake
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