Point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
What is EPICENTER
100
In a state of temporary inactivity or rest; suspended or
slowed down.
What is DORMANT
100
The top of a wave
What is CREST
100
The lowest point
What is TROUGH
100
DIS, AB, AD, COM, CON, MIS, PRE, PRO
What is PREFIXES
200
The outermost layer of Earth
What is CRUST
200
Molten rock erupting from a volcano or volcanic fissure.
What is LAVA
200
A term for when ocean water recedes quickly and unexpectedly from the shore
What is DRAWBACK
200
Distance between a point on one wave and an identical point on the next wave, measured from crest to crest or trough to trough
What is WAVE LENGTH
200
VOWEL COMBINATIONS
What is E-E, A-E, I-E, O-E, U-E, EE, EA, OW, OO, OI
300
Large, rigid slab of solid rock
What is TECTONIC PLATE
300
The hot, liquefied matter beneath the earth's surface that
erupts from volcanoes and cools to produce igneous rock.
What is MAGMA
300
The vertical distance between the crest and the trough
What is WAVE HEIGHT
300
Ocean waves that collapses forward and breaks onto the shore, because its top outruns its bottom
What is BREAKER
300
OR and OR
What is VOWEL COMBINATIONS AND SUFFIXES
400
Sudden, rapid shaking on the surface of Earth
What is EARTHQUAKE
400
A bowl-shaped depression with a raised rim, such as the
mouth of a volcano or geyser, or the circular depressions
on the surface of the moon, usu. with a mountain at their
center.
What is CRATER
400
The horizontal distance between two successive wave crests (or troughs)
What is WAVE LENGTH
400
Difference between the level of the ocean at high tide and low tide
What is TIDAL RANGE
400
ED, ITY, TIVE, ARY, SIVE, CIOUS, TION, SION, LE, LY
What is SUFFIXES
500
The theory which suggest that Earth's lithosphere consists of a dozen or more large rigid plates that are constantly moving and produce earthquakes
What is PLATE TECTONICS
500
The process by which material from the earth's surface is
worn away by forces such as glaciers, wind, and waves.
What is EROSION
500
A series of very large ocean waves caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
What is TSUNAMI
500
Ocean current that forms when more dense seawater sinks beneath less dense seawater
What is DENSITY CURRENT
500
Reading strategy used to help read unfamiliar and long words
What is PREFIXES, VOWELS, VOWEL COMBINATIONS, AND SUFFIXES