Vocabulary Chapter 2

Earthquakes and Volcanoes



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Lesson 4- Earthquakes

  1. Earthquake-

     

  2. Earthquake belts-
    • Circum-Pacific belt-

       

    • Alpide belt-

       

    • Fault-

       

  3. Focus-

     

  4. Epicenter-

     

  5. Earthquake Waves-
    • Compression-

       

    • Shear-

       

    • Surface-

       

  6. Magnitude-

    Lesson 4 continued

  7. Richter Scale-

     

  8. Seismograph-

     

  9. Strike-slip Fault/ San Andreas Fault

     

  10. Tsunami-

     

    Lesson 5
  11. 2 definitions of volcano- 

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    2.  

  12. Paricutin-

     

  13. Active Volcano-

     

  14. Dormant Volcano-
     
  15. Extinct Volcano-

     

  16. Lava Dome-

     

  17. Viscous-

     

  18. 3 ways that volcanoes form 1. Subduction Zone Volcanoes-

     

    1. Rift Zone Volcanoes-

       

    2. Hot Spot Volcanoes-

       

  19. Tilt Meter-

     

    Lesson 6
  20. Magma-

     

  21. Magma Chamber-

     

  22. Fissure-
     
  23. Dike-

     

  24. Side Vent-

     

  25. Lava-

     

  26. Conduit-

     

  27. Main Vent-

     

  28. Crater-

     

  29. Tuff-