Chapter 6 vocab./terms
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core | Earth's innermost structure
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crust | the thin, rocky, outer layer of Earth that makes up the continents and ocean floor
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fossil | the remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived long ago
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lithosphere | the shell formed from Earth's solid upper mantle and crust
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mantle | the thick layer of Earth's sturcture just below Earth's crust
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plate tectonics | the theory that giant plates of crust are moving slowly across Earth's surface
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earthquake | the violent shaking of Earth's crust as built-up energy is released
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epicenter | the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
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fault | a crack in Earth's surface along which movement takes palce
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focus | the inside Earth where an earthquake begins
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magma | melted rock below Earth's surface; called lava at the surface
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seismic waves | waves of energy sent through Earth's crust when parts of the crust move suddenly
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dome mountain | mountains that form when magma pushes up on Earth's crust but does not break through
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fault-block mountains | mountains that form along fault lines where blocks of rock fall, are thrust up, or slide
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fold mountains | mountains that form where two plates collide and force layers of rock into folds
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