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All about volcanoes AND EARTHQUAKES

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Earth's solid, rocky surface containing two continents and ocean floor   Crust  
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Hot, molten rock below Earth's surface   Magma  
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The idea thar earth's surface is broken into plates that slide slowly across the mantle   Plate tectonics  
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The layer beneath earth's crust   Mantle  
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The sliding of a denser ocean plate under another plate when they collide   Subduction  
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A huge crack in the earth's crust at or below the surface, the sides of which may show evidence of motions   Fault  
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The point where an earthquake starts as rocks begin to slide past eachother   Focus  
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A sensitive device that detects the shaking of eath's crust during an earthquake   Siesmograph  
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The point on earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake   Epicenter  
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The amount of energy released by an earthquake   Magnitude  
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The central opening in a volcanic area through which magma may escape   Vent  
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Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent   Lava  
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A cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent   Crater  
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A very hot part of the Sun's mantle, where magma can melt through a plate moving above it   Hot spot  
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A steep-sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks, ranging from particles to boulders   Cinder-cone volcano  
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A wide, gently sloped cone that forms from flows of lava   Shield volcano  
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A cone formed from exlposive eruptions of hot rocks followed by a flow of lava, over and over   Composite volcano  
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Heat from below earth's surface   Geothermal energy  
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Name three kinds of fault   Normal fault, Reverse Fault, and Strike-Slip  
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What does the Ricter Scale measure   The energy released in an earthquake  
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What does the Mercali Scale measure   The damage and destruction an earthquaked has caused  
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Shaking of the earth's crust after the initial shaking of an earthquake   Aftershock  
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What kind of data does a seismograph show   Patterns in the waves that arrive  
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What are the parts of a seismograph   Recording paper, revolving drum, spring, pen, heavy mass  
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How are data recorded on a seismograph   The pen on it moves up and down caused by the motion of earth during an earthquake drawing lines on the recording paper, indicating the strength of the earthquake  
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