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chapter 8 and 10

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Definition
show the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy within the lithosphere  
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show the point within Earth where an earthquake starts  
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seismic waves   show
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epicenter   show
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show sudden return of deformed rock back to undeformed shape  
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body waves   show
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show push-pull body wabes  
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show side to side body waves  
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show side to side and rolling elliptical  
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show instrument that measures motion of the ground,  
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show pen trace vibrations onto a moving drum of paper; a record  
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richter scale   show
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moment magnitude scale   show
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show roman numeral scale that measures the intensity created by an earth quake  
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show where soil and rock are satured with water so it can cause earthquakes  
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show a wave formed when the ocean floor shifts suddenly during an earthquake  
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seismic gap   show
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show the thin, rocky, outer layer of Earth divided into oceanic and contiental crust  
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mantle   show
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outer core   show
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inner core   show
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show boundary between the mantle an crust  
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ring of fire   show
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show volcanic areas far from plate boundries  
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show measures of lavas resistant to flow  
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show a crater  
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pyroclastic material   show
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show opening (vent) that allows magmato escape the surface  
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show the top of the valcano  
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show quieyt eruptions of bastic lava  
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cinder cone   show
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composite volcano   show
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caldera   show
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lahar   show
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pluton   show
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show forms when magma flows parrell between sedimentary rock  
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show a lens shaped pluton thats pushed the over layering rock layers upwards  
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show forms when magma moves into fractures that cut across rock  
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batholith   show
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