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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 a 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 of a point on earth above or below sea level
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Summit
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Highest point on a mountaintop
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Folded Mountain
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Mountain formed by the folding of rock layers.
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Dome mountain
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Mountain formed when upfolds I rocks create a rounded structutre 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 vlock 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 t a high elevation
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Vocanism
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Movement of magma inside Earth
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Lava
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Magma that reaches Earths surface
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Vent
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Volcano opening from which lava flows
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Volcano
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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 hold that forms when the roof of a magma dome collapses
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Shield cone
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Volcanic cone made up of layers of hardened 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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Volcanic cone 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 an earthquake starts
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Epicenter
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Place on Earth's surface directly above the focus
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Seismic wave
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Earthquake wave
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Seismograph
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Instrument that detects and measures erathquakes
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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 seismograph 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 measeures the energy released by and 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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Almost a full circle of volcanoes.
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