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chapter 8 & 10 vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |