Vocabulary Set 1
WHAT IS A HOT SPRING THAT HAS MORE MUD THAN WATER?
MUD POT
WHAT IS WATER HEATED BY MAGMA THAT RISES TO THE EARHT'S SURFACE?
HOT SPRING
WHAT IS A HOT SPRING THAT PERIODICALLY BLOWS STEAM AND HOT WATER INTO THE AIR?
GEYSER
VOG
THE CRUST AND UPPER AREA OF THE EARHT'S MANTLE.
LITHOSPHERE
A BRAK IN THE EARTH'S SURFACE ALONG WHICH ROCK CAN MOVE.
A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH.
SEISMOLOGIST
A LARGE PIECE OF THE EARTH'S CURST THAT FLOATS ON THE MELTED ROCK IN THE EARTH'S MANTLE.
PLATES
THE POINT ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
EPICENTER
A SUDDEN SERIES OF VERY LONG AND TALL WAVES; USUALLY CUASED BY AND EARTHQUAKE, VOLCANO, OR LANDLSIDE OCCURRING UNDER OR NEAR THE OCEAN.
TSUNAMI
PLACES ON EARTH WHERE A POOL OF INTENSELY HOT MAGMA RISES TOWARD THE SURFACE, MELTING ROCK; UNTIL IT BREAKS THROUGH THE CRUST.
HOT SPOT
ROCK FORMED FROM VOLCANIC MAGMA AND LAVA.
IGNEOUS ROCK
MAGMA THAT HAS BROKEN THROUGH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.
LAVA
THE BEGINNING POINT OF AN EARTHQUAKE; THE LOCATION FROM WHICH SEISMIC WAVES TRAVEL OUTWARDS.
FOCUS
AN EVENT THAT OCCURS WHEN ROCKS ALONG THE PLATES BOUNDARIES SHIFT SUDDENLY AND RELEASE THEIR STORED ENERGY.
EARTHQUAKE
A MIXTURE OF CINDER, ASH, AND ROCK.
TEPHRA
THE PLACE WHERE PLATES MEET.
PLATE BOUNDARY
THE VIBRATIONS THAT FLOW OUT FROM THE COUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
SEISMIC WAVE
THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY RELEASED FROM AND EARTHQUAKE
MAGNITUDE
A CRACK IN THE EARTH'S CRUST THROUGH WHICH MOLTEN ROCK COMES TO THE SURFACE.
VOLCANO
A POCKET OF MOLTEN ROCK DEEP IN THE EARTH'S LITHOSPHERE.
MAGMA CHAMBER
AN AVALANCHE OF RED-HOT DUST AND GASSES THAT RACES DOWN THE SIDE OF SOME VOLCANOES.
PYROCLASTIC FLOW
A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES VOLCANOES.
MUD AND ROCK FRAGMENTS THAT SURGE DOWN A MOUNTAIN WHEN PART OF IT COLLAPSE DURING A COLCANIC ERUPTION.
DEBRIS FLOW
SCIENTIST