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mount building vocab
Question | Answer |
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a volcano with very explosive eruptive events | composite volcano |
mountains formed along a fault zone | fault block mountains |
layers of rock | strata |
an area of many faults | fault zone |
the thinnest portion of the Earth's crust | oceanic crust |
a break or fracture in rock | fault |
the most thick type of crust | continental crust |
magma that reaches the surface of the Earth | lava |
the inner most layer of the earth | core |
molten rock below the surface of the earth | magma |
a mountain formed from the solidification of many layers of lava | volcano |
volcanoes that are broacder at the base than they are high | sheild volcano |
a trembling or vibration in solid rock (movement of fault zone) | earthquake |
the bends or wrinkles in rock | folds |
mountains that form when forces run parallel to the earth's surface folding rock without breaking it | folded mountains |
the outer most layer of the earth. has an oceanic and continental component | crust |