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Important terms and ideas relating to Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Plate movement

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Definition
Seismograph   show
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show Giant tidal wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption underwater  
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Convection Currents   show
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show Consists of about 15 plates and is like the skin of the earth  
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show The movement of plates  
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Fold Mountains   show
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show Center of earthquake beneath the surface  
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Epicentre   show
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Fault Lines   show
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show A series of seismic waves or tremors in the earth's crust  
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show Tremors that occur in the hours or days after the original earthquake  
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Richter Scale   show
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show Area where magma is stored and is 4000'C  
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Core   show
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show Caused when two of the earth's plates separate  
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show What magma is called when it reaches the earth's surface  
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show A volcano that erupts frequently  
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Dormant   show
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show a volcano that has not erupted in historic times  
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show Formed when ground collapses after a volcanic eruption  
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