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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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