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Card 6

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these are cracks in the crust which energy is released along.

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Card 7

Front

used to measure the strength (magnitude) of an earthquake.

Back

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Card 8

Front

a large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano

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Card 9

Front

a dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively from a volcano and typically flowing at great speed

Back

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Card 10

Front

having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity

Back

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Card 11

Front

a twelve-point scale for expressing the local intensity of an earthquake, ranging from I (virtually imperceptible) to XII (total destruction)

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Card 12

Front

rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption

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