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Small pieces of hardened lava
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ash
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as
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Melted; being in liquid state usually produced by a high degree of heat such as liquified iron
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molten
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mo
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Magma that reaches the earth's surface
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lava
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lav
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Tall and narrow volcanoes with steep slopes made mostly of ash
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cinder cone volcanoes
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cin vol
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Wide volcanoes that have fairly steep slopes made of lava and ash
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composite volcanoes
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com vol
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Broad volcanos with gentle slopes made mostly of lava
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shield volcanos
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sh vol
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The area along the boundaries around the Pacific Plate where many volcanoes are located
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Ring of Fire
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Ri of Fi
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The Earth's highest mountain range that was formed as the Indian plate pushed into the Eurasian plate
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Himalayas
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Him
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Openings of a volcano in the earth's crust
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vents
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Rigid block of crust and upper-mantle rock
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plate
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pl
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Hot, soft rock from the lower mantle
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magma
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mag
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Opening in the crust through which lava flows
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volcano
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vo
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Shaking of ground from energy release in the crust
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earthquake
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ea
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Place where pieces of crust move
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fault
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fa
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Center and hottest layer of Earth
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core
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co
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Middle layer of Earth
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mantle
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man
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Outer, very thin layer of Earth
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crust
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cr
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Earthquake center
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focus
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fo
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relative strengths of earthquakes
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magnitudes
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magn
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Narrow zones between plates
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plate boundaries
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pl bo
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long chain of mountains under the ocean formed by magma bubbling up through ocean plates that are pulling apart
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mid-ocean ridges
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mi oc ri
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Earth's longest mountain range formed where the North American and Eurasian plates are pulling apart under the ocean
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Mi At Ri
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Waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth during an earthquake
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seismic waves
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se wa
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Instrument that measures and records seismic waves
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seismograph
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segr
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Beginning with the outermost layer, Earth's layers are the
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crust, mantle, and core
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cr, ma, and co
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