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Flashcards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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pangeasupercontinent
crustthin outer layer of earth on which we live
magmamelted rock underground
Seismographdetects earthquakes
cinder conea volcano made up of mosly ash and cinders
lavamelted rock that comes out of a volcano
a asharp pointed lava
pahoehoeropy lava
shield volcanoa gentle sided volcano made up of lava
plate tectonicsthis theory suggest that the earth is made of nine large plates
richter scalea scale that measures how big an earthquake is
tsunamia large wave made by an undersea earthquake
corecentral part of the earth
hot spotthe Hawaiian Island chain is created by one of these
Ring of Firethis is where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen
ash and cinderscomes out of volcano
gas and steamcomes out of volcano
strato volcanovery explosive, steep sides, half cinders, half lava