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chapter 8 & 10 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| earthquake | a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. |
| focus | where the earthquake occurs |
| seismic waves | an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion. |
| epicenter | the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake. |
| elastic rebound | how energy is released during an earthquake |
| body waves | |
| p waves | |
| s waves | |
| surface waves | |
| seismograph | |
| seismogram | |
| richter scale | |
| moment magnitude scale | |
| modified mercalli scale | |
| liquefaction | |
| seismic gap | |
| crust | |
| mantle | |
| outer core | |
| inner core | |
| moho | |
| ring of fire | |
| hot spot | |
| viscosity | |
| vent | |
| pyroclastic material | |
| volcano | |
| crater | |
| shield volcano | |
| cinder cone | |
| composite volcano | |
| caldera | |
| lahar | |
| pluton | |
| sill | |
| laccolith | |
| dike | |
| batholith |