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Volcanoes and Quakes
Definitions
Question | Answer |
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Epicenter | Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus. |
Fault | Fracture that occurs when rocks break and that results in relative of compression(reverse fault), being pulled apart (normal fault), or shear (strive-slip fault) |
Focus | Point deep inside Earth where enrgy is released, causing an earthquake. |
Lava | Monlten rock flowing onto Earth's surface |
Lithosphere | Rigid layer of Earth about 100km thick, made of the crust and apart of the upper mantle. |
Magnitude | A measure of the energy released by an earthquke. |
Rifts | Long crack, fissure, or through that forms between tectonics |
Magnitude | Describes the abilty of structures to stand up agian the vibrations caused by an earthquake. |
Seismic Waves | Earthquake waves, including primary waves. |
Surface Waves | When the water in the ocean in it gets higher and higher near the land. |
Seismograph | Instrument used to record seisemicwaves. Secondart waves, known as S-waves move through rock material by causing particles in the rock to vibrate right angle to the direction in which the waves are moving. P-and S- waves trave; through Earth's interior. |
Tsunami | Powerful seismic sea wave that begins over an ocean-floor earthquake, can reach 30m in height when approaching land, and can cause destruction in coatal areas. |
Volcanoes | Cone-shaped hill or mountain formed when hot magma , solid and gas erupt onto Earth's surface through a vent. |
Pyroclastic Flow | Pyroclastic flpws are another hazard for inhabitsnts of Montaerrat. |
Ritcher Scale | Richer magnitude is based on measirements of amplitudes, or heights of seismic waves as recored on seismographs. |