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Chapter 11 Vocabulary Test

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A break in the crust, where slabs of crust slip past each other. A scale developed in the 1930s, and was originally a rating of the size of Seismic waves as measured by a type of mechanical seismograph. This is a volcano that does not show signs of erupting in the near future. Fast moving, hot lava.

A. Stress B. dormant

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C. shearing D. magma chamber E. P waves F. fault

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G. Richter scale _____5. The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault. Stress that pushes a mass of rock in opposite directions. Earths plates are in constant, slow motion, form and move. They interact, producing volcanoes, mountain ranges, earthquakes, and features of the ocean floor. The pocket beneath a volcano where magma collects. A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground. A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. H. footwall I. _____6. Pahoehoe

J. Plate Tectonics

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