Chapter 1 The Earth

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Mantle

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The mantle is semi melted molten rock under the crust

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Crust

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The crust is the earths outer skin and consists of solid rock

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Core

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The core is under the mantle it’s split in two layers the inner and outer it is the hottest part and it is melted molten rock

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Vent

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The vent is what the magma pours out of

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Active

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The volcano is still active

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Dormant

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The volcano has be dead for hundreds of years but may erupt again

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Extinct

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The volcano has not erupted in thousands of years not on record

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Vent

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The magma comes through the vent to reach the top of the volcano

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Magma reservoir

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We’re all the magma is built up

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Destructive boundarie

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A destructive boundarie is we’re plates pull apart and cracks for magma rises to fill the cracks

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Constructive boundarie

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A constructive boundarie is we’re plates are crashing into eachother and the heavier plate sinks

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Mid-ocean ridge

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A mid ocean ridge is were a line goes through an ocean and it’s an underwater mountain range which can erupt

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Pangea

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Pangea was when the earth was basically stuck together and then a destructive boundarie occurred and all the continents split

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Plate tectonics

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The theory is that under earth there are a bunch of plates that is what makes boundaries

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Earthquake

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A sudden movement or trembling of the earths crust

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Fault line

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The plate moves along the fault line during an earthquake

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Tremor

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The tremors spread out from the focus

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Focus

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The point deep in the earths crust were an earthquake begins

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Epicentre

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The point on the surface directley above the focus is the place tremors are strong

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Aftershock

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Earthquakes rarely last longer than a minute small tremors can occur after an earthquake they cause more damage because buildings are usually weakened