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Match the layer of the earth to its description.
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Match the layer of the earth to the letter marking it on the diagram.
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Match the layer of the earth to its description.
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Match the layer of the earth to the letter marking it on the diagram.
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The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
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The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
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the mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals
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Large areas of solid rock that make up the crust and float around on the mantle
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the underwater mountain ranges that occur where pieces of the earth's crust are moving away from each other
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sudden movements of Earth's crust followed by a series of shocks
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a weak earthquake that is a slight vibration and usually is accompanied by a low rumbling sound
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smaller quakes produced after a major quake caused by rocks shifting to new positions
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The study of earthquakes
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A scientist who studies earthquakes
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when earthquakes happen and the rock bends but does not break
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When earthquakes happen and the rock bends and breaks
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a break at the boundary of two moving masses of rock
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the point underground where an earthquake begins
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the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
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the strength of an earthquake
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the most famous scale used to measure earthquake strength
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the numerous regions of the earth where most of the world's earthquakes occur
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the most active seismic belt
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a vent that allows molten rock and hot gases to escape from within the earth
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Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
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the pocket deep in the ground beneath a volcano where magma collects
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The opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano
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Magma that reaches Earth's surface
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Nickname for the chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim and corresponds to the Circum-Pacific belt
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a vent in a volcanic area from which fumes or gases escape
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Any rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.
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the smallest form of tephra
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large tephra
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the largest form of tephra
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Pieces of tephra that are smaller than bombs or blocks, but larger than volcanic ash
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a broad, domed volcano with gently sloping sides
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A bowl-shaped area that forms around a volcano's central opening
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second tallest volcanoes that are made up of ash and cinder
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Tall cone shaped volcano that shares the characteristics of both the shield and the cinder cone volcano
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a huge bowl-shaped depression formed when an empty magma chamber collapses after a volcanic eruption
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example of a caldera
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a volcano that is erupting or has shown signs of erupting in the near future
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A volcano that has not erupted for a long time, but may erupt again one day.
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A volcano that has not erupted for thousands of years and probably will not erupt again
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A eruption that produces a large amount of fluid lava like a fountain
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A volcano that erupts often; they are noisy but mild as gas bubbles up from the magma and flings globs into the air forming volcanic bombs where they harden
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come from volcanoes that have lain dormant for a long period of time
