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Earthquakes/Volcanoe

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Definition
earthquake   the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface  
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deformation   the change in the shape or volume of the crust  
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shearing   pushes a mass of rock in 2 opposite directions  
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fault   a break in Earth's crust where slabs of crust slip past each other  
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strike slip fault   the rocks on either side of the fault slide past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion, caused by shearing  
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normal fault   one block of rock lies above the fault while the other block lies below it, caused by tension  
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reverse fault   the hanging wall slide upward past the footwall, caused by compression  
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folds   a bend in rock that forms when compression shortens and thickens part of the crust  
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anticline   a fold that bends upwards in an arch  
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syncline   a fold that bends downward in the middle to form a bowl  
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plateau   a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level  
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focus   the point beneath Earth's surface where rock that is under stress breaks, triggering an earthquake  
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epicenter   the point on the surface directly above the focus  
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seismic waves   vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake travels outward in all directions from the focus  
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seismograph   detects seismic waves by recording ground movements  
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volcano   a weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma, comes to the surface  
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magma   a molten mixture of rock forming substances, gasses and water from the mantle  
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lava   magma that reaches the surface  
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ring of fire   a major volcanic belt, formed by the many volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean  
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hot spot   an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust like a blow torch, often lie in the middle of continental or oceanic plates, far from any plate boundaries  
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magma chamber   magma that collects in a pocket inside a volcano  
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crater   a bowl-shaped area around a volcano's central vent where lava may collect  
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dormant   a volcano that is not active now but my become active again the in the future  
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geyser   a fountain of water and steam that erupts from the ground  
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pahoehoe   hot, fast moving lava  
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aa   cooler, slow moving lava  
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shield volcano   forms when thin layers of lava pour out of a vent and harden on top of previous layers, this gradually builds a wide, gently sloping mountain  
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caldera   the huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain, the hole is filled with the places of the volcano that have fallen inward, as well as some lava and ash  
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volcanic neck   forms when magma hardens in a volcano's pipe  
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batholith   formed when a large body of magma cools inside the crust; large rock masses that forms the core of many mountain ranges  
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