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Unit 2 Lessons 6-7
Term | Definition |
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Earthquakes | Ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy |
Focus | A place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs |
Epicenter | The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus |
Tectonic Plate Boundary | Where two or more tectonic plates meet |
Fault | A break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move |
Deformation | The process by which rock becomes deformed and changes shape due to stress |
Elastic Rebound | The return of rock to its original shape after elastic deformation |
Volcano | Any place where gas, ash, or melted rock come out of the ground |
Magma | Melted rock |
Lava | Magma that has reached Earth's surface |
Vent | The opening of a volcano |
Tectonic Plates | Giant sections of lithosphere on Earth's surface |
Hot Spot | A location where a column of extremely hot mantle rock, called a mantle plume, rises through the asthenosphere |