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Chapter 7 Vocab

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CHAPTER 7 SCIENCE VOCAB

By: Clay B

Crust

Earth's solid rocky surface
Photo by subarcticmike

original horizontality

THE THOUGHT THAT ROCKS FORM FLAT HORIZONTAL LAYERS 

continental drift

THE IDEA THAT A SUPERCONTINENT SPLIT APART INTO PEICES AND SPREAD

sea-floor spreading

the thought that new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor 
Photo by wockerjabby

magma

HOT MOLTEN ROCK BENEATH THE EARTH'S SURFACE
Photo by pierre c. 38

plate tectonics

The theory that the Earth's surface is broken into many plates that move 
Photo by blatantgizmo

mantle

the layer beneath Earth's surface

subduction

when the heavier plate slides under the lighter plate when they collide
Photo by pennstatenews

faults

a big crack in the Earth's crust where motion might show
Photo by dsearls

focus

the place where an earthquake starts

seismic wave

a vibration that goes out when an earthquake happens
Photo by tobo

epicenter

the point of ground above the focus

after shock

the shaking of Earth's crust after the initial shock 
Photo by Saad Faruque

seismograph

a device that detects the movement of the crust during an earthquake
Photo by djwudi

magnitude

the amount of energy released by an earthquake

vent

the opening in a volcano in which  magma might escape
Photo by Sanctu

lava

magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out a vent
Photo by Vincent Ma

crater

a cuplike hollow that forms at the top of volcanoes at the vent
Photo by Werner Olsen

hot spot

a hot part of the Earth's mantle where magma can melt through a plate 
Photo by quapan

cinder-cone volcano

A STEEP SIDED CONE THAT FORMS FROM HOT ROCKS, RANGING FROM PARTICLES TO BOULDERS

shield volcano

A WIDE GENTLY SLOPED CONE THAT FORMS FROM FLOWS OF LAVA
Photo by pjriccio2006

composite volcano

A CONE FORMED FROM EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS OF HOT ROCK AND LAVA

geothermal energy

HEAT FROM BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE