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| Name the 3 major parts of the earth |
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| Crust, Mantle, and the Core |
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| Who are people that study the earth called? |
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| Thin layers of soil, and a thick layer of sand and mineral fragments |
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| The boundary between the crust and the mantle |
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| What is the process that causes rocks to break or crumble? |
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| What is it called when rock is broken down by rock or blown sand |
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| What occurs when acids slowly eat into the rock and break it apart? |
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| What is the inner core made of? |
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| What is the outer core made of? |
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| molten iron and nickel (in liquid form) |
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| The innermost region of the earth |
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| The outermost layer of the earth |
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| The middle layer of the earth |
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| Huge waves caused by sudden movements of plates |
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| Any trembling or shaking of the earth's crust |
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| Scientists who study earthquakes |
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| A vent that allows molten rock and gases to escape the earth |
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| Where most volcanoes are formed |
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| Underwater mountain ridges |
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| Where most earthquakes are found |
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| These develop when two plates slide against each other |
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| The point underground where an earthquake begins |
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| The smallest fragment of tephra |
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| A depression found at the top of a volcano |
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| Where hot gases and molten rock are trapped until it explodes |
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| An opening in the earth's crust that releases built up pressure |
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| Volcanic ash, volcanic bombs and lapilli are examples of what? |
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| The break that appears in an earthquake |
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| This place usually receives the most damage from an earthquake because it's directly above the focus. |
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| These emit gas from the earth long after volcanic activity |
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| Very hot liquid trapped inside the earth |
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| Very hot liquid rock above the earth's surface |
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| This kind of eruption can produce large amounts of fluid lava that surges like a fountain |
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| This can be formed when two plates collide |
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| This kind of volcano has not erupted as far as we know |
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| Mt. Ranier is what kind of volcano? |
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| The most violent eruption |
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| This measures the size of an earthquake |
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| Name the 3 ways to classify a volcano |
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1. How it is FORMED
2. Kind of ERUPTION
3. Level of ACTIVITY |
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| Name 3 different kinds of volcanoes by how they are FORMED. |
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1. Composite
2. Cinder Cone
3. Shield |
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| This volcano alternates layers of lava and tephra forming a steep mountain with a small crater at the top |
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| This volcano is formed by tephra, and erodes quickly. |
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| This volcano is dome shaped and grows in diameter (across) when it gets too high for the lava to overflow from the top |
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| Name a real-life example of a composite volcano |
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| Mt. Ranier, or Fuji, or Versuvius, or Mt. St. Helen |
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| Name an example of a cinder cone volcano |
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| Paricutin, or Sunset Crater, or Puu Puuai in Hawaii |
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| Name an example of a shield volcano |
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| The Hawaiian Islands (Like Mauna Loa) |
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| This kind of eruption produces volcanic bombs |
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| This kind of eruption produces fluid lava |
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| This kind of eruption sends hot clouds of gases and dust around the world |
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