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earthquake/volcanoes
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. |
| fault | be broken by a fault or faults of a rock formation |
| seismic wave | an elastic energy wave that travels through the Earth or along its surface |
| focus | the specific point where waves—such as light, sound, or seismic energy—converge, meet, or diverge after reflection or refraction |
| epicenter | The epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface directly vertically above the hypocenter (or focus) |
| volcano | a vent, rupture, or opening in a planet's crust—primarily Earth's—that allows hot magma, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface |
| hot spot | a stationary, exceptionally hot plume of magma rising from deep within the Earth's mantle |