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32 Cards in this Set
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Anticline
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upward fold
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Syncline
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downward fold
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fracture
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break in rock
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fault
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break in earth's crust along which movement occurs
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landform
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physical feature on earth's solid surface
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elevation
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height on earth above or below sea level
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summit
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HIGHEST POINT ON A MOUNTAIN TOP
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folding mountain
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mountain formed by folding of rock layers
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dome mountain
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mountain formed when upfolds in rocks and to create a rounded structure that looks like a bowl turned upside down
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fault block mountain
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mountain formed when normal faults uplift a block of rock
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plain
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large flat area just above sea level
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plateau
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large flat area at a high elevation
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volcanism
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movement of magma inside earth
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lava
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magma that reaches earth surface
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vent
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volcano opening from which lava flows
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volcanoe
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vent and the volcanic material around it
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crater
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pit at the top of a volcanic cone
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caldera
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large hole that forms when a roof of a magma dome collapses
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shield cone
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volancic cone made up of layers of harden lava
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cinder cone
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volcanic cone made up of rock particles, dust and ash
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composite cone
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made up of alternating layers of lava and rock particles
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earthquake
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sudden strong movement of earth's crust
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focus
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point beneath earth's surface where a earthquake starts
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epicenter
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place on Earth's surface directly above the surface
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seismic wave
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earthquake wave
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seismic graph
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instrument that detects and measures earthquakes
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p-wave
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fastest earthquake wave
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s-wave
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second earthquake wave to be recorded at a seismic graph station
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l-wave
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surface wave
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richter scale
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scale that measures the energy released by a earthquake
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tsunami
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large ocean wave caused by an earthquake
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ring of fire
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major earthquake and volcanic zone that almost forms a circle around the Pacific Ocean
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