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Earthquake Volcanoes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | the sudden, rapid shaking of the ground caused by the release of energy in the Earth’s lithosphere, usually due to the abrupt slipping of rock masses along a fault plane |
| Fault | a fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth's crust between two blocks of rock that allows them to move relative to each other |
| Seismic Water | several distinct phenomena where water interacts with seismic activity (earthquakes) |
| Focus | the precise, subterranean point within the Earth where magma movement or related stress causes rock to rupture, serving as the center of volcanic activity. |
| Epicenter | the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake. |
| Volcano | a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust. |
| Hot spot | a volcanic center formed by a stationary plume of intensely hot magma rising from deep within the Earth's mantle, independent of tectonic plate boundaries. |
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