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| the amount of energy released by an earthquake | magnitude |
| the landform that is made over million of years where lave has been erupting from a hot spot under the ocean floor | the Hawaiian Islands |
| the type of shoreline change where sediments are left along the sides of a stream | deposition |
| the outer core of the Earth is made of this | liquid metal |
| the scientist's theory that plates on the ocean floor move due to forces deep within the Earth | plate tectonics |
| when rocks or other materials are broken down in nature | weathering |
| the process where nature moves materials or sediment from one place to another place | erosion |
| an opening in the Earth's crust | volcano |
| the largest landform in the ocean | basin |
| the blanket of gases around the Earth | atmosphere |
| the force when the Earth's plates are pushed together | compression |
| Volcanoes have vents that allow gases, liquid water, & ashes to be released. What erupts from the crater? | lava |
| the scientists that study the Earth's history & structure | geologists |
| the deepest layer of the Earth that is made of solid metal | inner core |
| a scientist that studies living things | biologist |
| where the Ring of Fire is located | in the Pacific Ocean |
| name 3 types of erosion | gravity, heat, wind |
| a type of chemical weathering | pollution |
| what a mountain is considered to be | landform |
| a pool of magma below the Earth's crust | hot spot |
| Describe a fault. | a crack in the Earth's crust |
| when the Earth's crust suddenly moves | earthquake |
| Explain how a canyon may have been formed. Hint: river, erosion, deeper | A river flowed through the area at one time. Erosion moved the dirt farther down stream and carried the sediment with it. As the water carried away the dirt particles the canyon grew deeper. |
| How do scientists find an earthquake's location? | They use the information from 3 seismometers. |
