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BANG the sound of falling objects; in reference to sounds made by earthquakes

BASALT a dark colored igneous rock( dark color is used by high amounts of iron and magnesium) with very small minerals, cooled relatively quick

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CONE the general shape of volcanoes; looking  like an upside down, flat ice cream cone	CONTINET a large land mass that is above water, usually made of less dense material compared to the surface of the oceanic crust	CRASH the sound of glass breaking during an earthquake
CRUST the outermost shell of the earth, about 71km

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DAMAGE harm to structures, animals , or humans during earthquakes and /or volcanos

DIATOMITE  a very light, white rock that contains dioatoms (one-celled plants)

DRIFT referring to the movement of continets over time

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EARTH one of the planets that evolve around the sun in the solar system

EARTHQUAKE a shaking or trembling of the earth

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GROW referring to volcanoes as they increase in size

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HAZARDS a source of danger

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LAVA  molten material that is erupted from a volcano

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MAGMA a molten fluid which may consolidate into a rock	MODERATE an earthquake that is neither weak nor strong	MOUNTAIN a large structure whose peaks lie above sea level
MOVEMENT referring to the slow crustal displacement

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OBSIDIAN an igneous rock that cooled very quickly, therefore not allowing minerals to form

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PLATES  a large piece of earth and ocean area that comprises the earth's crust

PLATE TECTONICS the study of the movement of the earth's crust due mainly to forces in the crust and upper mantle of the earth's interior

PUMICE a light colored , glassy, porous  rocks that was formed by the passing of gases through molten lava

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ROCK a hard substance that comes from the earth's interior either by erosion (sedimentary), cooled molten materials (igneous), or changed under pressure and temperature (metamorphic)

RUMBLE referring to the sounds of an earthquake; a natural sound that the earth makes when it shakes

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SEA COOKIE a relative of the sand dollar(echinoderm), that lives in the sandy- mud offshore	SHAKE referring to the movement that is felt when an earthquake occurs	SOUND
STRESS a force applied to an area	STRONG referrring to an earthquake of great intensity	STYROFOAM

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VOLCANO formed when hot, melted rock erupts and builds a mountain like structure on the surface of the earth

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