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2nd 6 Wks Vocab
Earthquakes, Volcanos, Glaciers
| Vocabulary Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| force | a push or pull applied to matter |
| position | the location of an object |
| Earth's Surface | the outer-most layer of the Earth |
| earthquake | a sudden violent movement of the plates that make up the Earth's crust |
| glacier | a large mass of ice in motion |
| volcano | an opening in the surface of the Earth. Melted rock, gases, rock pieces, and dust are forced out of this opening |
| magma | melted rock inside a volcano, under the earths surface |
| lava | magma that has come out of a volcano |
| pressure | the force produced by pushing or pressing on something |
| chamber | an opening or air space in a volcano that magma collects in |
| vent | an opening in a volcano that allows gases to escape |
| fault | a break in the Earth's crust where sections of the crustal plates move up, down, or sideways relative to each other during an earthquake |