Earth Science Unit 6 Vocabulary- Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Hot fluid within the Earth’s crust from which lava is formed on cooling

A region deep within the Earth’s mantle from which heat rises through the process of convection

A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

Cave-like structure that forms when hot flowing lava moves beneath hardened surface lava flow

An opening in Earth that erupts gas, ash, and lava

Vibrations produced by the breaking of rock along fault surfaces

A crack in the Earth where sections of a plate (or two plates) are moving in different directions

Measurement used to describe the strength of an earthquake based on the height of the lines on a seismogram

Measurement of the amount of damage caused by an earthquake

Series of giant waves that send surges of water on land