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Earthquakes and volcanoes vocabulary

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This document discusses earthquakes and volcanoes. It defines key terms related to faults, seismic waves, volcanic features and processes. Specifically, it outlines different types of faults that cause earthquakes, how seismic waves transmit through the Earth, and components of volcanoes like magma chambers, vents and the different types of volcanic eruptions and lava flows.

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Earthquakes and Volcanoes 1.earthquake
2. fault 3. deformation 4. shearing 5. tension
6. compression 7. reverse fault 8. normal fault 9. strike-slip fault
10. divergent boundary 11. convergent boundary
12. transform boundary 13. P waves 14. S waves
15. surface waves 16. seismic waves 17. epicenter 18. focus
19. volcano 20. magma 21. lava 22. vent
23. magma chamber 24. hot spot 25. shield volcano
26. cinder cone volcano 27. composite volcano
28. volcanic ash 29. caldera 30. volcanic bombs
31. pyroclastic flow 32. aa 33. pahoehoe
34. rift zone

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