True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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fossils ? the area along a fault at which slippage
first occurs, initiating an earthquake
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asthenosphere ? the thin outer shell of earht,
consisting of the curst and the rigid upper mantle
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plate tectonics ? the theory that
earth's surface s made up of larg3e moving plates
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4.
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crust ? the outermost and thinnest layer of
earth
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P waves ? secondary waves the transverse waves
generated by an earthquake
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subduction ? the process by which rock and or the
products of weathering are removed
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S waves ? secondary waves the transverse
waves generated by an earthquake
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surface waves ? a seismic wave that travels
along earth surface
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seismology ? the process by which rock and or the
products of weathering are removed
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acid rain ? a natural, inorganic solid with a
definite chemical composition and a characteristic internal structure
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erosion ? process in which sediment is laid
down
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core ? an opening through which molten rock flows
onto earth's surface
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weathering ? change in the physical form or
chemical composition of rock materials exposed at earths' sruface
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fault ? a crack in the earths created when
rocks on either side of a break move
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magma ? molten rock within the
earth
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igneous rock ? rock formed from cooled and
hardened magma or lava
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epicenter ? an opening through which molten rock
flows onto earth's surface
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metamorphic rock ? rock formed from compressed or
cemented deposits of sediment
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focus ? the area along a fault at which
slippage first occurs, initiating an earthquake
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vent ? an opening through which molten rock
flows onto earth's surface
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