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Midterm #1: Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asthenosphere | |
| Axial volcano | |
| Cascadia subduction zone | |
| Collision zone | |
| Continental drift | |
| Convergent boundary | |
| Crust | |
| Core | |
| Divergent boundary | |
| Earthquake | |
| Epicenter | |
| Fissure eruption | |
| Foreshock | |
| Gondwanaland | |
| Gorda plate & ridge | |
| Hot spot | |
| Hypocenter (focus) | |
| Hypothesis | |
| Inner core | |
| Intensity | |
| Island arc | |
| Juan de Fuca plate & ridge | |
| Laurasia | |
| Lava | |
| Left lateral (fault and transform) | |
| Lithosphere | |
| Magnetic anomaly (stripe) | |
| Magnetic reversal | |
| Main shock | |
| Mantle | |
| Mendocino triple junction | |
| Mesosphere | |
| Normal magnetic field | |
| Reversed magnetic field | |
| North American plate | |
| Ocean ridge or rise | |
| Outer core | |
| Pacific plate | |
| Pangea | |
| Pillow basalt | |
| Plate tectonics | |
| Right lateral transform | |
| Rupture | |
| Seafloor spreading | |
| Seismicity | |
| Spreading center | |
| Subduction zone | |
| Tectonic plate | |
| Theory | |
| Transform boundary | |
| Trench | |
| Triple junction | |
| Chemical Earth | |
| Mechanical Earth | |
| Magnitude | |
| Aftershock |