ACTIVE referring to a volcano that is presently erupting or has recently erupted |
AFRICA |
ASH small, dust-like particles emitted from a volcano |
CONTINENTS a large land mass that is above water , usually made of less dense material compared to the surface of the oceanic crust |
CONVERGING the movement toward each other, coming toward or to the same point, referring to large segments of the Earth's crust called plates |
CRUST the outermost shell of the earth,about 71km |
DIVERGE |
DIVERGING the movement of plates away from each other ; going in different directions from a common points |
DORMANT a volcano that is temporarily inactive or "sleeping" |
EARTH one of the plants that envolve around around the sun in the solar system |
EARTHQUAKE a shaking are trembling of the earth |
ENERGY power or force that has the ability to do work; referring to an earthquake or volcano as the amount of energy liberated |
EXTINCT referring to an non-active volcano for along time; will not erupt again |
GAS a substance with an expandable molecular structure that is often emitted from a volcano during an eruption |
GASES |
HAWAII |
HAZARD a source of danger |
HOT |
KILAUEA |
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unstable earth that flows downward |
LAVA molten material that is erupted from a volcano |
LIQUID a substance that flows |
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MAGMA a molten fluid which may consolidate into a rock |
MODERATE an earthquake that is neither weak nor strong |
MOLTEN |
MOUNTAIN a large structure whose peaks lie above sea level |
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PLATES a large piece of ocean and land area that compromises the earth's crust |
SHAKING referring to the movement that is felt when an earthquake occurs |
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SLIP/SLIDE |
SOUTH AMERICA |
STEAMING |
STRONG referring to an earthquake of great intensity |
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TRANSFORM a fault that has a slip/side motion |
VALLEY a depression of low area usually between two mountain ranges |
VISCOUS
a liquid that moves slowly |
VOLCANO formed when hot, melted rock erupts and builds a mountain like structure on the surface of the earth |
WAVE the undulation of a substance as an energy passes through a substance |
WEAK referring to a mild shaking during an earthquake; in most cases not even felt |