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Earth Science Test

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Mexico
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Seismograph
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tsunami
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Ring Of Fire
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Focus
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Lava
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An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes
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molten rock flowing onto Earth's surface
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large ocean wave created by undersea eathquakes or volcanic eruptions
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this country's capital city was devastaded in by an earthquake in 1985
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the zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
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point deep inside Earth where energy is released causing an earthquake
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used to measure the strength of earthquakes
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a crack oin the eaths surface along which movement takes place
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fracture that occurs when rocks break and that results in relative movements of opposing sides ; can form as a result of compression (reserve fault) , being pulled apart(normal fault) , or shear (strike-slip fault)
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rigid layer of earth about 100 km thick , mad o the crust and a part of the upper mantle.
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the process of an ocenic plate colliding with descending underneath a continental plate
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waves from an earthquake are known as these
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point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus

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