Chapter 2 Student Vocabulary

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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Lesson 4

  1. Earthquake-

  2. Earthquake belts:

    • Circum-Pacific belt-

    • Alpide belt-

    • Fault-

  3. Focus-

  4. Epicenter-

  5. Earthquake Waves:

    • Compression-

    • Shear-

    • Surface-

  6. Magnitude-

  7. Richter Scale-

  8. Seismograph-

  9. Strike-slip Fault/ San Andreas Fault-

  10. Tsunami-

Lesson 5

  1. 2 definitions of volcano: 

    1.  

    2.  

  2. Paricutin-

  3. Active Volcano-

  4. Dormant Volcano-

  5. Extinct Volcano-

  6. Lava Dome-

  7. Viscous-

  8. Tilt Meter-

  9. 3 ways that volcanoes form:

    1.  Subduction Zone Volcanoes-  

    2. Rift Zone Volcanoes- 

    3. Hot Spot Volcanoes-

Lesson 6

  1. Magma-

  2. Magma Chamber-

  3. Fissure-

  4. Dike-

  5. Side Vent-

  6. Lava-

  7. Conduit-

  8. Main Vent-

  9. Crater-

  10. Tuff-