6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling Vocabulary Flashcards

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Magnitude

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The size of something.

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Earthquake

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The movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other and then roughly moving past each other.

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Magma

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Liquid rock found below or within the Earth's crust.

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(Ore) Deposits

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Resources that people are mining drilling for. Found in gaps or layers within this solid rock.

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Earthquake Depth

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How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occurring.

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Aftershock

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A smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake.

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Epicenter

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The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurred.

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Causation

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The reason something has occurred or is occurring.

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Correlation

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Two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another.

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Sediment

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Loose earth materials, such as sand, soil and rocks, found on the surface of the Earth.