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15 Cards in this Set
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Crust
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Layer of the Earth that includes land and the ocean floor
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Mantle
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Thickest layer made of solid and melted rock
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Core
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Deepest layer of the Earth
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Plates
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Continent-sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle
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Earthquake
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Shaking of Earth's crust (vibrations cause the damage)
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Fault
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Break in Earth's crust along which rocks move
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Focus
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Underground point where an earthquake first starts
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Epicenter
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Point on surface right above the focus of an earthquake
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Seismograph
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Instrument that records earthquake waves
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Volcano
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Mountain that forms when hot melted rock flows through a crack onto Earth's surface
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Magma
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Melted rock inside the Earth
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Lava
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Melted rock that reaches the Earth's surface- comes from the mantle
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Vent
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Rocky opening on the surface through which magma flows to form volcanic mountains
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Magma Chamber
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An underground pool that holds hot magma
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Crater
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A large bowl-shaped depression that forms at the top of the volcano
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