7.10 B ~ Earthquakes and Volcanoes Reading and Vocabulary

Earthquakes & Volcanoes Reading and Vocabulary

By Keri Hill

• Earthquake

• Fault

• Richter Scale

• Seismic Waves

• Stress
  

​​Earthquake Vocabulary

• Hot Spot

• Lava

• Magma

• Supervolcano

• Volcano

​​Volcano Vocabulary

​As you read through the text about earthquakes and volcanoes copy down the definitions to the following vocabulary.

Earthquake Reading

Match

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definitions.

• Earthquake

• Fault

• Richter Scale

• Seismic Waves

• Stress

Shaking that result from plates moving.

Break in the rock of Earth's crust.

Rating of an earthquake’s magnitude.

Vibrations that travel through Earth.

Force that acts on rock to change it.

• Shaking that result from plates moving.

• Break in the rock of Earth's crust.

• 
  Rating of an earthquake’s magnitude.

• Vibrations that travel through Earth.

• Force that acts on rock to change it.

Volcano Reading

Match

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definitions.

• Hot Spot

• Lava

• Magma

• Supervolcano

• Volcano

Area of the mantle where hot rock rise

Molten rock that erupts from a volcano

Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface

A large volcano that can produce massive eruptions

Structure where molten material erupts

• Area of the mantle where hot rock rise

• Molten rock that erupts from a volcano

• Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface

• A large volcano that can produce massive eruptions

• Structure where molten material erupts