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Geology
Core Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| eyewitness | a person who has seen something happen and is ale to describe it |
| experiment | a scientific test to try out something in order to learn about it |
| fault | a crack in Earth's crust |
| heave | to move up and down over and over 2. to lift, pull, push, or throw with a lot of effort. |
| trigger | to cause something to start or happen |
| pinpoint | to figure out the exact location of something |
| magnitude | an earthquake's strength |
| aftershock | a smaller, weaker earthquake that often follows a main earthquake event. |
| tsunami | a gigantic wave of seawater caused by an earthquake in oceanic crust |
| surge | to move forward quickly, suddenly, and with force |
| volcano | a hill or mountain that forms over a crack in Earth’s crust from which lava erupts |
| crater | a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano or geyser |
| fine | very small |
| subduction zone | the place where one tectonic plate is sliding beneath another tectonic plate |
| descend | to move downward |
| hotspot | a very hot region deep within Earth’s mantle where a huge magma chamber forms |
| plume | a column of magma that rises from the mantle into a chamber beneath Earth’s crust |
| hot spring | a naturally flowing source of hot water |
| offering | something that is presented as an act of worship |
| strong-willed | determined to do what you want even if other people tell you not to. |
| bitter | resentful and angry because of unfair treatment 2. very cold |
| outsmart | to trick or defeat someone by being clever |
| revenge | the act of getting even for a wrongdoing |
| caldera | a crater caused by the collapse of the top of a volcano |
| lofty | high up |
| eternal | lasting forever |
| elder | a person who is older, respected, and often in a position of authority |
| mineral | a solid nonliving substance found in the Earth that makes up rock |
| texture | the size, shape, and sorting of the mineral grains in rock |
| solidify | to make or become hard, solid (solidify) |
| obsidian | a dark rock or natural glass formed from lava that cooled very quickly |
| granite | a common igneous rock that formed from magma that cooled within Earth's crust |
| expand | to make bigger |
| contract | to shrink or get smaller |
| ultimately | finally; at the end of a process |
| pepper | to sprinkle or cover |
| deposit | to put or leave something in a particular place; material laid down or left by a natural process |
| state | the condition of being solid, liquid, or gas |
| silt | very small sediments deposited by water |
| canyon | a deep valley with steep sides and often a stream or river flowing through it |
Created by:
karin_larson