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Earthquake
Earthquake and Volcano
Term | Definition |
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continental drift | the continents are slowly moving across the Earth's surface |
Pangaea | supercontinent |
plate tectonics | pieces of the Earth's Lithosphere are in constant slow motion |
convergent | plates moving towards each other |
transform | plate boundary move past each other |
divergent | plate boundary move away from each other |
fault | break in the Earth's crust |
earthquake | energy builds up in the rock along a fault causing the rock to break or slip |
three types of waves | P wave, S wave, surface wave |
seismic waves | vibrations that travel through Earth |
magma | molten material before it reaches the surface |
lava | molten material that has reached the surface |
extinct | a volcano that will likely never erupt |