Earthquakes and volcanoes

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A vibration caused by an earthquake

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Seismic Wave

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An instrument that detects and records earthquakes

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Seismometer

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Show seismic waves as curvy lines along a graph

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Seismograph

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A scientist who studies earthquakes and other events that cause Earth's crust to move

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Seismologist

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Melted rock

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Magma

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Magma that has reached the Earth's surface

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Lava

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The location where the earthquakes begins

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Epicenter

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Where do most volcanoes occur? Options: At the edge of plates, On the plates, Under plates, In between plates

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At the edge of plates

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What is a sudden shaking of Earth's crust?

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Earthquake

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How are earthquakes caused?

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By movement of plates along a fault.