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| A VIBRATION, OR SHAKING, OF EARTH'S CRUST |
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| THE POINT UNDERGROUND WHERE THE MOVEMENT OF AN EARTHQUAKE FIRST TOOK PLACE |
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| CONTINENT-SIZED SLAB OF EARTHS CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE |
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| THE ROCKY TUBE IN A VOLCANO THROUGH WHICH MAGMA RISES TOWARD THE SURFACE |
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| THE POINT ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH THAT IS RIGHT ABOVE THE FOCUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE |
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| A MOUTAIN THAT FORMS WHEN RED-HOT MELTED ROCK FLOWS THROUGH A CRACK ONTO EARTHS SURFACE |
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| AN INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS EARTHQUAKE WAVES |
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| THE THICKEST LAYER OF EARTH; FOUND JUST BELOW THE CRUST |
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| A BREAK IN EARTHS CRUST ALONG WHICH ROCKS MOVE |
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| AN UNDERGROUD POOL BELOW A VOLCANO THAT HOLDS MAGMA |
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| A MELTED ROCK THAT REACHES EARTHS SURFACE |
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| THE DENSE CENTER OF EARTH; A BALL MADE MOSTLY OF TWO MEATALS, IRON AND NICKEL |
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| A LARGE BSIN FORMED AT THE TOP OF A VOLCANO WHEN IT FALLS IN ON ITSELF |
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| EARTHS OUTER LAYER; INCLUDES THE ROCK OF THE ROCK OF THE OCEAN FLOOR AND LARGE AREAS OF LAND |
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