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chapter 8 and 10

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earthquake   the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy within the lithosphere  
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focus   the point within Earth where an earthquake starts  
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seismic waves   waves of energy releases by an earthquake  
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epicenter   point on earths surface directly above the focus  
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elastic rebound   sudden return of deformed rock back to undeformed shape  
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body waves   seismic waves that move through the inside of earth  
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P waves   push-pull body wabes  
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S waves   side to side body waves  
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surface waves   side to side and rolling elliptical  
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seismograph   instrument that measures motion of the ground,  
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seisomogram   pen trace vibrations onto a moving drum of paper; a record  
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richter scale   numerical scales based on height of largest seismic wave  
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moment magnitude scale   measure the size of earthquakes  
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modified mercalli scale   roman numeral scale that measures the intensity created by an earth quake  
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liquefaction   where soil and rock are satured with water so it can cause earthquakes  
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tsunami   a wave formed when the ocean floor shifts suddenly during an earthquake  
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seismic gap   what seismic waves are recorded on  
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crust   the thin, rocky, outer layer of Earth divided into oceanic and contiental crust  
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mantle   over 82% of earth volume is contained in the matle- a solid, rocky shell that extends to a depth of 2890 kilometers  
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outer core   is a liquid layer 2260 kilometers thick  
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inner core   a solis state by the immese pressure  
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moho   boundary between the mantle an crust  
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ring of fire   a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur  
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hot spot   volcanic areas far from plate boundries  
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viscoity   measures of lavas resistant to flow  
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vent   a crater  
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pyroclastic material   particles produced in eruptions  
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valcano   opening (vent) that allows magmato escape the surface  
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crater   the top of the valcano  
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shield valcano   quieyt eruptions of bastic lava  
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cinder cone   expilsive eruptions of grantic magma  
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composite volcano   combinataion of cinder and shield  
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caldera   large depression in a valcano  
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lahar   saturated volcanic debris that rapidly moves doen valcanoes as a mudfloe  
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pluton   the cooling and hardening of magma beneaths the earth id structures final result  
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sill   forms when magma flows parrell between sedimentary rock  
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laccolith   a lens shaped pluton thats pushed the over layering rock layers upwards  
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dike   forms when magma moves into fractures that cut across rock  
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batholith   a body of intrusive igneous rock that has a surface exposures of more than 100 square kilometers  
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