8-3 Earth Science

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  1. core
    the center of an object
  2. epicenter
    a point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
  3. sedimentary rock
    rock formed from consolidated clay deposits
  4. ore
    a mineral that contains metal valuable enough to be mined
  5. reverse fault
    a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
  6. Mantle
    United States baseball player (1931-1997)
  7. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  8. igneous rock
    rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
  9. mineral
    a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature
  10. plate tectonics
    the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  11. crust
    a hard outer layer that covers something
  12. seismograph
    an instrument for measuring movements of the ground
  13. seismograph
    an instrument for measuring movements of the ground
  14. metamorphic rock
    rock altered by pressure and heat
  15. fossil fuel
    energy-producing substance derived from preserved organisms
  16. strike-slip fault
    a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
  17. normal fault
    an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
  18. volcanic eruption
    the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
Created on Thu Feb 11 13:39:39 EST 2010

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