Chapter 9 Vocabulary Quiz Study Guide
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Chapter 9 Vocabulary Quiz Study Guide
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Convergent Plate Boundary
Tending to move toward one point or approaching each other
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Earthquake
Causes vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in the Earth's lithosphere.
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Epicenter
Location directly above the focus of an earthquake.
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Fault
A break in the Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another.
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Focus
The location where rocks first move along a fault and seismic waves originate.
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Mantle
Earth's interior below the crust and above the core.
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Plate Boundary
Where Earth's lithospheric plates move and interact with each other.
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Primary Wave
P-wave, fastest moving type of seismic wave; causes particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion.
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Secondary Wave
S-wave, causes particles in the ground to move side to side and up and down at right angles.
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Seismic Waves
Travels as vibrations on and in earth.
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Seismogram
Graphical illustration of seismic waves.
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Seismologist
A scientist who studies earthquakes.
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Seismometer
Measures and records ground motion and the distance and direction seismic waves travel.
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Surface Waves
Causes particles in the ground to move up and down, similar to ocean waves.
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Cinder Cone Volcano
A small, steep-sided volcano that erupts gas-rich basaltic lava.
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Composite Volcano
A large, steep sided volcano that results from explosive eruptions, lavas along convergent plate boundaries.
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Hot Spot
A volcano that is not associated with a plate boundary.
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Lava
Molten rock that erupts onto earth's surface.
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Magma
Molten rock below earth's surface.
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Shield Volcano
A large volcano with gentle slopes of basaltic lava; located along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot spots.
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Viscosity
A liquid's ability to flow.
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Volcanic Ash
Tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass.
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Volcano
A vent in the earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
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