Dynamic Earth Chapter 2 Vocabulary Words
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| caldera | extremely large crater
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| cinder | third largest volcanic particle; the size of a golf ball
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| cinder cone | volcano made up of cinder piling up
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| composite volcano | volcano made from cinders, then lava flows, then cinders, then...
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| crater | pit at the top of a volcano
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| earthquake | shaking of the earth's crust
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| epicenter | place on top of crust above the focus of an earthquake
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| focus | place in the earth where earthquake occurs
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| lava | molten rock on surface of earth
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| lwave (surface) | slowest seismic wave; moves in an up and down motion; does most damage to humans
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| magma | molten rock in the earth
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| pwave (primary) | fastest seismic wave; moves in a push-pull motion; goes through solids and liquids
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| Richter scale | measures the strength of an earthquake
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| Ring of Fire | area of volcano activity around the Pacific Ocean
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| seismic wave | energy from an earth quake
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| seismogram | reading from a seismograph
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| seismograph | machine that records earthquakes
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| seismologist | person that studies earthquakes
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| shield volcano | volcano made from layers of flowing lava that hardens
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| s wave (secondary) | second fastest wave; moves in a side-to-side motion; goes through solids only
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| tsunami | giant wave in the ocean created by an earthquake
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| vent | spot in a volcano where lava comes out
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| volcanic ash | second smallest particle from a volcano
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| volcanic bomb | largest particle from a volcano
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| volcanic dust | smallest volcanic particle
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| volcano | spot in the earth where lava comes out
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