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| vibration, or shaking, of Earth's crust |
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| a break in the crust along which rock moves |
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| the point underground where the movement first took place is called the |
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| is the point on the surface that is right above the focus |
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| an instrument that records earthquake waves |
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| scale measures the movement and damage that an earthquake causes using Roman numerals from I to XII |
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| This scale uses the numbers 1 through 9 to measure the energy an earthquake |
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| vibration, or shaking, of Earth's crust |
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| a break in the crust along which rock moves |
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| the point underground where the movement first took place is called the |
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| is the point on the surface that is right above the focus |
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| an instrument that records earthquake waves |
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| scale measures the movement and damage that an earthquake causes using Roman numerals from I to XII |
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| This scale uses the numbers 1 through 9 to measure the energy an earthquake |
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| a mountain that forms when red-hot melted rock flows through a crack onto the earth's surface |
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| Melted rock inside the Earth |
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| Melted rock that reaches the Earth's surface |
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| an opening where Magma flows onto the surface to form volcanic mountains |
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| an underground pool that holds hot magma |
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| Damage is usually worst near the |
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| Mercalli Scale & Richter Scale |
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| Two scales that scientists use to measure earthquakes |
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| the outter layer of the Earth |
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| the layer below the earth's crust or the middle layer |
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| this is the thickest layer of the planet and is mostly rock |
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| a dense ball made mostly of two metals, rion and nickel |
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| a solid ball made mostely of iron and nickel and is the hottest layer of the earth |
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| a pool of hot liquid metal |
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| Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into continent-sized slabs called |
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| this runs through many miles of desert and mountains in southern California |
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| Describe how plates move & where this occurs |
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| Plates move toward each other (mountains & volcanoes); plates rub or move past each other (earthquakes) & plates move apart, slowly (ocean floor) |
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